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Latest Fact-Checks In Trade

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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 25, 2017 an interview:
In the United States, "we tax our exports and don't tax our imports."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 9, 2017
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on September 4, 2016 a campaign appearance:
Says he and his running mate "are the only candidates that do believe in free trade."
Half-True
By Cara Lombardo • October 25, 2016
Jim Barksdale
Jim Barksdale
stated on September 29, 2016 a campaign video:
Sen. Johnny Isakson voted for a trade agreement, "with China costing Georgia 93,000 jobs."
Half-True
By Ariella Phillips • October 15, 2016
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on September 16, 2016 a White House press conference:
"If you look at any real analysis," the Trans-Pacific Partnership is "going to generate better-paying jobs that are more stable."
Half-True
By PolitiFact Staff • September 30, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 11, 2016 an economic speech in Warren, Mich.:
"I opposed the only multilateral trade deal that came before the Senate while I was there."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on August 7, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":
"I haven't switched my position" on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 7, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on August 2, 2016 a press conference at the White House:
Thanks to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, "Vietnam is drafting and presenting unprecedented labor reforms, changing their Constitution to recognize worker organizations in Vietnam for the first time."
Half-True
By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy • August 4, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention:
"America has lost nearly one third of its manufacturing jobs since 1997, following the enactment of disastrous trade deals supported by Bill and Hillary Clinton."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 22, 2016
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 13, 2016 a speech in San Diego:
"95 percent of the world’s customers are … beyond our shores."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 15, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 28, 2016 a speech in Monessen, Penn.:
"As Bernie Sanders said, Hillary Clinton ‘voted for virtually every trade agreement that has cost the workers of this country millions, millions of jobs.’ "
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • June 29, 2016
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on May 9, 2016 a campaign stop at Steelworkers 1104 in Lorain, Ohio:
Trade deals are negotiated in "secret" and, unlike corporate interests, politicians never invite "the leaders of the AFL-CIO or steelworkers or the mine workers to come in and sit down in these meetings."
Half-True
By Nadia Pflaum • May 19, 2016
Minka Kelly
Minka Kelly
stated on May 10, 2016 a post on Instagram:
"By the time you drink your coffee, an elephant is killed for its ivory tusks."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • May 17, 2016
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on April 27, 2016 Pennsylvania:
Says Katie McGinty "actually agrees with Hillary Clinton and the most liberal wing of the Democrats on everything."
Half-True
By Cassie Owens, Dávid Tvrdoň, Loghan Thain • May 16, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 10, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says Hillary Clinton voted "for virtually every trade agreement that has cost the workers of this country millions of jobs."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • April 10, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 27, 2016 an interview with the New York Times:
"We’ve rebuilt China."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • April 4, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 15, 2016 a political ad for Bernie 2016:
"The Trans-Pacific trade deal could cost America 448,000 more jobs."  
Half-True
By Nadia Pflaum • March 24, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 4, 2016 comments during the New Hampshire Democratic debate:
"I waited until (the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement) had actually been negotiated" before deciding whether to endorse it.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 5, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 13, 2015 the first Democratic debate:
Says as secretary of state she was reserving judgment about the Trans-Pacific Partnership and "hoped it would be the gold standard."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • October 14, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2015 an interview on CNN.:
"Our companies are moving into Mexico more than almost any other place right now."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 27, 2015
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 17, 2015 on CNN's "State of the Union":
"Every president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has had" fast-track trade authority.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • May 17, 2015
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