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Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 6, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows hundreds of “sitting ships” waiting to dock at U.S. ports.
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 13, 2021
Carol Miller
Carol Miller
stated on July 28, 2021 in an article in RealClearEnergy:
“We became a net exporter of natural gas in 2017, and until recently, our exports have exceeded our imports.”
Half-True
By Ava Peroni, Elisa Contreras • October 5, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 1, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“There are now 56 cargo freighters anchored off the coast of California from Oakland to Long Beach in what can only be considered a manufactured supply-chain halt.”
Mostly False
By Isabella Fertel • October 1, 2021
The Gateway Pundit
The Gateway Pundit
stated on June 1, 2021 in a blog post:
Says Joe Biden “imports oil from Iran.”
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • June 17, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 3, 2021 in 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 in 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 in a Facebook post:
“Oil is now $61.30 a barrel and rising drastically! On Jan. 5, it was about $25 a barrel.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 24, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 29, 2020 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
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