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POLITIFACT: 5 fact-checks about foreign trade, TPP, and China

04/13/2016

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April 12, 2016 | By:  Angie Drobnic Holan Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have something in common: They’re both bashing foreign trade agreements to appeal to voters. The two men have different takes on why the current trade situation is a bad deal. Sanders invokes an economic system that’s rigged in favor of the wealthy. Trump, meanwhile, condemns U.S. leadership as inept and lacking business savvy as he vows to “make America great again.”

 The other candidates have been drawn into the fray. Hillary Clinton has had to defend her own track record on trade deals as a senator and secretary of state, while Ted Cruz has used the issue to attack President Barack Obama.

Here is a rundown of some of PolitiFact’s recent fact-checks on trade. Sanders on the Trans-Pacific deal Sanders has portrayed the most recent trade agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, as a job killer. “The Trans-Pacific trade deal could cost America 448,000 more jobs,” a recent Sanders ad said. The agreement covers 12 countries — the United States, Japan, Australia, Canada, Chile, Mexico, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam and Brunei Darussalam — and is intended to lower trade barriers through reduced tariffs and coordinated regulation. To read the full article, please click here.
 

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