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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 3, 2017 a tweet:
"General Motors is sending Mexican made model of Chevy Cruze to U.S. car dealers-tax free across border."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • January 4, 2017
Don Beyer
Don Beyer
stated on November 8, 2016 an interview.:
"We have trade agreements with 20 countries, and we have trade surpluses with each one of those 20."
False
By Warren Fiske • November 28, 2016
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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 20, 2016 a rally in Delaware, Ohio:
"Ford is moving all of their small-car production to Mexico."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 15, 2016 an interview on Live From the State Capitol:
"New York State has been horribly, horribly hurt by NAFTA"
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • October 17, 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
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 9, 2016 the second presidential debate:
"We are now, for the first time ever, energy independent."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 11, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on September 26, 2016 a TV ad:
Says Ron Johnson "helped companies ship jobs overseas."
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 5, 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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate:
Says to Hillary Clinton, "You heard what I said about (the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal), and all of a sudden you were against it."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 27, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate:
Says Hillary Clinton called the Trans-Pacific Partnership "the gold standard. You called it the gold standard of trade deals. You said it’s the finest deal you’ve ever seen."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • September 27, 2016
Michael Morell
Michael Morell
stated on September 19, 2016 an open letter to Donald Trump:
Says Donald Trump has outlined "policies that read like a Kremlin wish list."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 22, 2016
John Plumb
John Plumb
stated on August 29, 2016 an interview on Capital Tonight.:
Tom Reed "has actually voted for every single trade deal that has ever come before him in any form."
True
By Dan Clark • September 2, 2016
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on August 17, 2016 an op-ed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.:
On the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Full Flop
By Anna Orso • August 22, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 13, 2016 an interview with TV station WJAC:
"NAFTA, signed by Bill Clinton, has been a disaster for Pennsylvania."
Mostly False
By Mark Dent • August 18, 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
NowThis
NowThis
stated on August 10, 2016 a viral video:
Says President Bill Clinton did not sign NAFTA. 
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 11, 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 at the White House:
Because of the Trans-Pacific Partnership "we’ve got a country like Malaysia taking really serious efforts to crack down on human trafficking."  
Mostly True
By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy • August 5, 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
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