Fact Check Posts – Page 7

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."

By Cara Lombardo • October 25, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 20, 2016 a rally in Delaware, Ohio

"Ford is moving all of their small-car production to Mexico."

By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2016

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"

By Dan Clark • October 17, 2016

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."

By Ariella Phillips • October 15, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 9, 2016 the second presidential debate

"We are now, for the first time ever, energy independent."

By Lauren Carroll • October 11, 2016

Russ Feingold
stated on September 26, 2016 a TV ad

Says Ron Johnson "helped companies ship jobs overseas."

October 5, 2016

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."

September 30, 2016

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."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 27, 2016

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."

By Steve Contorno • September 27, 2016

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."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 22, 2016

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."

By Dan Clark • September 2, 2016

Pat Toomey
stated on August 17, 2016 an op-ed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

On the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

By Anna Orso • August 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 13, 2016 an interview with TV station WJAC

"NAFTA, signed by Bill Clinton, has been a disaster for Pennsylvania."

By Mark Dent • August 18, 2016

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."

By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2016

NowThis
stated on August 10, 2016 a viral video

Says President Bill Clinton did not sign NAFTA.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 11, 2016

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.

By Linda Qiu • August 7, 2016

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."

By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy • August 5, 2016

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."

By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy • August 4, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on August 2, 2016 a White House press conference

The Trans-Pacific Partnership "knocks out 18,000 tariffs that other countries place on American products and goods."

By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy • August 4, 2016

Doctors Without Borders
stated on July 21, 2016 a press release

Trade deals threaten "India’s role as the pharmacy of the developing world" for new HIV medicines.

By Jon Greenberg • August 3, 2016

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