Latest Fact-Checks In Trade

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The Gateway Pundit
The Gateway Pundit
stated on June 1, 2021 a blog post
Says Joe Biden “imports oil from Iran.”
Mostly False
June 17, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 3, 2021 a blog post
Navy SEALs found over 1,000 trafficked children and dead bodies on the Evergreen ship that blocked the Suez Canal.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • April 5, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 29, 2021 a Facebook post
A map shows “all the cargo ships backed up by the Suez Canal. Get ready for shortages and prices to skyrocket.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • March 31, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 19, 2021 a Facebook post
“Oil is now $61.30 a barrel and rising drastically! On Jan. 5, it was about $25 a barrel.”
False
February 24, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 29, 2020 the first presidential debate
“We have a higher deficit with China now than we did before.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 9, 2020 a speech in Warren, Mich.
The “U.S. trade deficit is at an all-time high under Trump in the last three years.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2020
Chris Hayes
Chris Hayes
stated on July 7, 2020 a TV segment
"Higher education is one of America's strongest export sectors. Over 1 million international students studied at American universities, (in the) 2018-19 school year. They contributed over $40 billion to the economy.”
True
By Bill McCarthy • July 10, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 24, 2020 an ad
“Trump lost a trade war that he started.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 30, 2020
Chris Jacobs
Chris Jacobs
stated on June 17, 2020 an ad
“As a lawyer working in Korea, Nate McMurray helped send American jobs to Asia”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 20, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 8, 2020 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
“Trade agreements like NAFTA and permanent normal trade relations with China, which forced American workers to compete against people making pennies an hour, has resulted in the loss of 160,000 jobs here in Michigan."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 10, 2020
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on January 16, 2020 a tweet
"In #WI, over 44,000 jobs depend on trade with Mexico and Canada."
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • February 26, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2020 a tweet
Says the USMCA is the “biggest trade deal ever made.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 6, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 14, 2020 comments at a presidential debate
"The Machinists Union does not (support the USMCA trade deal). And every environmental organization in this country (also) opposes it."
Mostly True
By Rylee Wilson • January 22, 2020
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on December 2, 2019 a tweet
Says President Donald Trump is "waging a trade war against WI farmers -- forcing > 1600 dairy farms to close."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • December 11, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 12, 2019 a Facebook post
Ivanka Trump’s shoe line is made in China but is exempt from tariffs.  
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • September 19, 2019
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on August 13, 2019 a Facebook post
"U.S. agricultural & food exports are expected to increase more than $2 billion annually under #USMCA"
True
By Greta Serrin • September 17, 2019
John Delaney
John Delaney
stated on August 27, 2019 an interview
The Amazon rainforest fires are "directly related to trade" tensions between the United States and China. 
False
By John Kruzel • September 6, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 21, 2019 remarks at the White House
"Yesterday we had the strongest dollar in the history of our country."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on August 12, 2019 a CNN interview
It "is estimated that as many as 300,000 auto workers may be out of a job before the end of the year." 
False
By Chris Nichols • August 21, 2019
Peter Navarro
Peter Navarro
stated on August 18, 2019 an interview
U.S. tariffs on China are "not hurting anybody" in the United States.  
Pants on Fire!
August 20, 2019
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