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See what Hillary Clinton and the 2016 Democratic Party Platform said about international trade below.

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  • Clinton supported the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank.
  • She opposed the Trans-Pacific Partnership and expressed support for trade agreements that would raise wages, increase prosperity, and create more domestic jobs.

    • Democratic Party Clinton on international trade

    • On October 28, 2015, Hillary Clinton called the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank a “no-brainer.” She added, “For the life of me, I don’t understand the arguments [against it]. The Export-Import Bank’s sole purpose is to support United States business abroad."[2]
    • Between 2013 and 2015, Clinton gave several paid speeches to financial institutions in the Unites States and abroad. WikiLeaks released alleged excerpts and transcripts from those speeches in October 2016.[3]
      • The Clinton campaign declined to verify whether the speeches were authentic.[4]
      • Clinton allegedly said in a May 2013 speech that her "dream is a hemispheric common market, with open trade and open borders, some time in the future with energy that is as green and sustainable as we can get it, powering growth and opportunity for every person in the hemisphere."[3]
      • At the same event, Clinton also allegedly said, "I think we have to have a concerted plan to increase trade already under the current circumstances, you know, that Inter-American Development Bank figure is pretty surprising. There is so much more we can do, there is a lot of low hanging fruit but businesses on both sides have to make it a priority and it's not for governments to do but governments can either make it easy or make it hard and we have to resist, protectionism, other kinds of barriers to market access and to trade and I would like to see this get much more attention and be not just a policy for a year under president X or president Y but a consistent one."[3]
      • For more information about the WikiLeaks release, click here.
    • After the Obama campaign attacked Clinton for supporting the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in the 2008 elections, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Mickey Kantor and Clinton biographers Sally Bedell Smith and Carl Bernstein said that Clinton had not supported NAFTA, even though Bill Clinton had. Former Undersecretary of Commerce Robert Shapiro said that Clinton "like everybody else...[was] not supposed to deviate from the position of the administration. There is no freedom of speech in there, and that certainly applies to a first lady." When asked about NAFTA, Clinton said, "I believe in the general principles it represented. But what we have learned is that we have to drive a tougher bargain. Our market is the market that everybody wants to be in. We should quit giving it away so willy-nilly. I believe we need tougher enforcement of the trade agreements we already have."[5]
    • In 2005, Clinton voted against the Central America Free Trade Agreement.[6]
    • Clinton voted in favor of free trade agreements with Singapore, Chile, and Oman.[7][8][9]
    Trans-Pacific Partnership
    The Hill, "Clinton punts on trade," May 19, 2015
    • On July 26, 2016, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) said that Clinton would support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal as president if the agreement were revised in some ways. He said, “I worry that if we don’t do TPP, at some point China’s going to break the rules -- but Hillary understands this. Once the election’s over, and we sit down on trade, people understand a couple things we want to fix on it but going forward we got to build a global economy.” When asked if he thought Clinton would support TPP, McAuliffe said, “Yes. Listen, she was in support of it. There were specific things in it she wants fixed.”[10]
    • McAuliffe’s spokesman issued the following statement clarifying what the governor told Politico: “While Governor McAuliffe is a supporter of the TPP, he has no expectation Secretary Clinton would change her position on the legislation and she has never told him anything to that effect.”[10]
    • Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta weighed in on McAuliffe’s statement, writing in a tweet, “Love Gov. McAuliffe, but he got this one flat wrong. Hillary opposes TPP BEFORE and AFTER the election. Period. Full stop.”[10]
    • On July 25, 2016, Clinton adviser Gene Sperlin said that Clinton planned to "put new trade initiatives, including the maligned Trans-Pacific Partnership, in the rear-view mirror if elected and instead focus on 'things that are clear job creators...like infrastructure, immigration reform, higher education relief, family medical leave,'" according to Politico. Sperling added, “What she [Clinton] has said is she is against it [the Trans-Pacific Partnership] now, she is against in the lame duck and she’s against it afterwards, and I do believe that when she starts her administration, she is going to want to be focused on unifying Democrats."[11]
    • On May 5, 2016, Clinton said that "she would oppose a vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade accord during a lame-duck session of Congress," according to The Washington Post. Clinton said, “I oppose the TPP agreement — and that means before and after the election.”[12]
    • During a campaign rally in Youngstown, Ohio, on March 12, 2016, Hillary Clinton criticized the auto provisions of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal. She said, "We can not let rules of origin allow China — or anyone else, but principally China — to go around trade agreements. It's one of the reasons why I oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership because when I saw what was in it, it was clear to me there were too many loopholes, too many opportunities for folks to be taken advantage of."[13]
    • During the first Democratic debate, on October 13, 2015, Clinton defended her decision to oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal after supporting the pact while she was secretary of state. Clinton said, “You know, take the trade deal. I did say, when I was secretary of state, three years ago, that I hoped it would be the gold standard. It was just finally negotiated last week, and in looking at it, it didn't meet my standards. My standards for more new, good jobs for Americans, for raising wages for Americans. And I want to make sure that I can look into the eyes of any middle-class American and say, ‘this will help raise your wages.’ And I concluded I could not.”[14]
    • On October 7, 2015, Clinton said she does not support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, putting her at odds with President Barack Obama and his administration. In an interview with PBS Newshour, she said she was concerned that the deal would not do enough to create jobs, raise wages for Americans, and advance national security. “As of today, I am not in favor of what I have learned about it,” Clinton said. She added, “I don’t believe it’s going to meet the high bar I have set.”[15]
    • In a June 2015 interview with Jon Ralston of Ralston Reports, Clinton was asked if she would vote for trade promotion authority if she were still in the Senate. Clinton answered, "At this point, probably not because it’s a process vote and I don’t want to say it’s the same as TPP. Right now I’m focused on making sure we get trade adjustment assistance and I certainly would not vote for it unless I were absolutely confident we would get trade adjustment assistance."[16]
    • During an April 2015 speech, Clinton said, "Any trade deal has to produce jobs and raise wages and increase prosperity and protect our security," but she did not specifically address whether or not she supported President Barack Obama's Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, a departure from her previous comments in support of the deal.[18]
    • In November 2012, during a speech at Techport Australia, Clinton praised the TPP. She said, "This TPP sets the gold standard in trade agreements to open free, transparent, fair trade, the kind of environment that has the rule of law and a level playing field. And when negotiated, this agreement will cover 40 percent of the world's total trade and build in strong protections for workers and the environment."[19]

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ CNN, "Hillary Clinton launches second presidential bid," April 12, 2015
    2. ↑ Politico, "Clinton: Export-Import Bank renewal a 'no-brainer'," October 28, 2015
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 WikiLeaks, "HRC Paid Speeches," accessed October 11, 2016
    4. ↑ The Chicago Tribune, "The inherent peril in trusting whatever WikiLeaks dumps on us," October 13, 2016
    5. ↑ Huffington Post, “Did Hillary Clinton Really Support NAFTA? Aides, Biographers Say No," May 25, 2011
    6. ↑ Bloomberg, “U.S. Senate Approves Central American Trade Agreement (Update1)," June 30, 2005
    7. ↑ Vote Smart, “HR 2739 - U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act - Key Vote," accessed December 17, 2014
    8. ↑ Vote Smart, “HR 2738 - U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act - Key Vote," accessed December 17, 2014
    9. ↑ Vote Smart, “HR 5684 - U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation - Key Vote," accessed December 17, 2014
    10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Politico, "Clinton friend McAuliffe says Clinton will flip on TPP, then walks it back," accessed July 26, 2016
    11. ↑ Politico, "Clinton backers look to close ranks on trade," accessed July 26, 2016
    12. ↑ The Washington Post, "Clinton does not back Obama trade vote in post-election congressional session," accessed July 26, 2016
    13. ↑ Politico, "Clinton steps up anti-TPP rhetoric," accessed May 2, 2016
    14. ↑ The Washington Post, "The CNN Democratic debate transcript, annotated," October 12, 2015
    15. ↑ PBS Newshour, "Hillary Clinton says she does not support Trans-Pacific Partnership," October 7, 2015
    16. ↑ Ralston Reports, "Hillary Clinton on 'Ralston Live,' with video and transcript," June 18, 2015
    17. ↑ CNN, "45 times Secretary Clinton pushed the trade bill she now opposes," accessed July 11, 2016
    18. ↑ Politico, "Hillary Clinton praises President Obama, but not on trade," accessed May 12, 2015
    19. ↑ State.gov, "Remarks at Techport Australia," accessed May 12, 2015
    20. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    21. ↑ Democratic Party, "The 2016 Democratic Party Platform," accessed August 23, 2016
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