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See what Hillary Clinton and the 2016 Democratic Party Platform said about the Trans-Pacific Partnership below.
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Clinton on the Tran-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.”[2]
- 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.”[2]
- 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.”[2]
- 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."[3]
- 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.”[4]
- 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."[5]
- 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.”[6]
- 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.”[7]
- 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."[8]
- On June 15, 2015, CNN outlined 45 times when Clinton expressed her support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal.[9]
- 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.[10]
- 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."[11]
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Footnotes
- ↑ CNN, "Hillary Clinton launches second presidential bid," April 12, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Politico, "Clinton friend McAuliffe says Clinton will flip on TPP, then walks it back," accessed July 26, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Clinton backers look to close ranks on trade," accessed July 26, 2016
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Clinton does not back Obama trade vote in post-election congressional session," accessed July 26, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Clinton steps up anti-TPP rhetoric," accessed May 2, 2016
- ↑ The Washington Post, "The CNN Democratic debate transcript, annotated," October 12, 2015
- ↑ PBS Newshour, "Hillary Clinton says she does not support Trans-Pacific Partnership," October 7, 2015
- ↑ Ralston Reports, "Hillary Clinton on 'Ralston Live,' with video and transcript," June 18, 2015
- ↑ CNN, "45 times Secretary Clinton pushed the trade bill she now opposes," accessed July 11, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Hillary Clinton praises President Obama, but not on trade," accessed May 12, 2015
- ↑ State.gov, "Remarks at Techport Australia," accessed May 12, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Democratic Party, "The 2016 Democratic Party Platform," accessed August 23, 2016
