George Pataki presidential campaign, 2016/International trade

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George Pataki suspended his presidential run on December 29, 2015.^[1]

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During the undercard of the third Republican debate, held October 28, 2015, George Pataki said he would retaliate against foreign companies that use unfair trade practices. He said, "I would...put in place a policy where if we know a company, say, a Chinese company, is hacking into American companies, stealing trade secrets, as we know they do every day, we will retaliate against that company and say that that company's not going to be allowed to continue to do trade with the United States."^[2]

In 2005, Pataki led a trade mission to China "to create new jobs and foster new economic development in New York by expanding trade opportunities with China and promoting new foreign investment in the State."^[3] Pataki wanted to establish a trade office in China, but it was not funded in the following year's budget.^[4]
In a 2003 letter to the Office of the United States Trade Representative, Pataki said he was "fully supportive of President Bush's ambitious agenda for trade liberalization."^[5]

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