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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary is the Free Trade Candidate: She Votes for Free Trade Deals, Despite Promises to Oppose Them
In 2007, she declared her opposition to a proposed free trade agreement with South Korea, citing concerns about the deals effects on the domestic manufacturing sector.
"It will hurt the U.S. auto industry, increase our trade deficit, cost us good middle-class jobs and make America less competitive, she told the AFL-CIO.
Only a few years later, however, she pressed for the deals passage, personally pushing Democratic senators to back it.
Since the deal was ratified, the United States trade deficit with South Korea has grown.
According to EPI, that has cost an additional 75,000 U.S. jobs, mostly in manufacturing.
"It will hurt the U.S. auto industry, increase our trade deficit, cost us good middle-class jobs and make America less competitive, she told the AFL-CIO.
Only a few years later, however, she pressed for the deals passage, personally pushing Democratic senators to back it.
Since the deal was ratified, the United States trade deficit with South Korea has grown.
According to EPI, that has cost an additional 75,000 U.S. jobs, mostly in manufacturing.
http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/despite-walmart-ties-support-free-trade-hillary-clinton-touts-commitment-2323480
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Hillary is the Free Trade Candidate: She Votes for Free Trade Deals, Despite Promises to Oppose Them (Original Post)
amborin
Mar 2016
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Jitter65
(3,089 posts)1. You either want to be a part of the world market or you don't. nt
amborin
(16,631 posts)2. that is a standard neo-liberal stance; you can be part of the world market w/o massive sacrifice
of US jobs
mindem
(1,580 posts)8. You either screw over American workers
or you don't. Americans shouldn't have to suffer or go backward to line corporate pockets. Give it a rest.
LexVegas
(6,031 posts)3. She is your frontrunner and soon to be nominee and President. nt
pdsimdars
(6,007 posts)5. you forgot the "bow your head" at the end there
kgnu_fan
(3,021 posts)4. She will lie about anything to get elected... easily manipulated by $$$$
pdsimdars
(6,007 posts)6. I think it was Stiglitz who said
that we should not be sacrificing our sovereignty to these trade deal. We have the best marketplace in the world, countries are dying to sell stuff here. We should let them bid to pay for access to our markets, not give away the store.
Something like that.
peacebird
(14,195 posts)7. She will say anything to get herself elected. She has not one iota of integrity or honesty.