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Don Beyer stated on November 08, 2016 in an interview.:
"We have trade agreements with 20 countries, and we have trade surpluses with each one of those 20."
By Warren Fiske• November 28, 2016
Hillary Clinton stated on August 11, 2016 in an economic speech in Warren, Mich.:
"I opposed the only multilateral trade deal that came before the Senate while I was there."
By Louis Jacobson• August 12, 2016
Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2020 in a tweet:
Says the USMCA is the “biggest trade deal ever made.”
By Samantha Putterman• February 6, 2020
Sherrod Brown stated on November 11, 2010 in a news release:
More than 10 years of free trade "has brought a $2 billion per day trade deficit."
By Stephen Koff• November 22, 2010
Donald Trump stated on June 28, 2016 in a speech in Monessen, Penn.:
"As Bernie Sanders said, Hillary Clinton ‘voted for virtually every trade agreement that has cost the workers of this country millions, millions of jobs.’ "
By Linda Qiu• June 29, 2016
Kevin Brady stated on July 28, 2010 in a U.S. House floor speech:
"Over 80 percent of our trade deficit today is with countries that are not trade agreement partners, that are not level playing fields for the United States."
By W. Gardner Selby• August 19, 2010
Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland:
"Our trade deficit in goods reached nearly … $800 billion last year alone."
By Lauren Carroll• July 22, 2016
Donald Trump stated on October 01, 2018 in a White House press event:
"Since NAFTA’s adoption, the United States racked up trade deficits totaling more than $2 trillion."
By Louis Jacobson• October 1, 2018
Russ Feingold stated on September 26, 2016 in a TV ad:
Says Ron Johnson "helped companies ship jobs overseas."
By Tom Kertscher• October 5, 2016
John Plumb stated on August 29, 2016 in an interview on Capital Tonight.:
Tom Reed "has actually voted for every single trade deal that has ever come before him in any form."
By Dan Clark• September 2, 2016
Jeff Flake stated on April 27, 2017 in a tweet:
"Before NAFTA, trade between the US and Mexico was around $50 billion. Now it stands at more than $500 billion."
By Miriam Valverde• April 28, 2017
Ed Schultz stated on April 17, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show":
"America has lost over 50,000 manufacturing factories on other trade deals."
By Jon Greenberg• April 23, 2015
Bernie Sanders stated on April 10, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says Hillary Clinton voted "for virtually every trade agreement that has cost the workers of this country millions of jobs."
By Linda Qiu• April 10, 2016
Donald Trump stated on June 21, 2016 in a tweet:
"Hillary Clinton surged the trade deficit with China 40% as Secretary of State, costing Americans millions of jobs."
By Louis Jacobson, Taylor Leighton• June 28, 2016
Paul Ryan stated on May 17, 2015 in on CNN's "State of the Union":
"Every president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has had" fast-track trade authority.
By Lauren Carroll• May 17, 2015
Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2019 in a rally:
"We have been losing to China for many years, $500 billion a year.
By D.L. Davis• April 30, 2019
Donald Trump stated on April 18, 2018 in a press conference:
"The United States has a massive trade deficit with Japan. It's anywhere from $69 billion to a $100 billion a year."
By Louis Jacobson• April 19, 2018
Joe Biden stated on June 24, 2020 in an ad:
“Trump lost a trade war that he started.”
By Louis Jacobson• June 30, 2020
John Podesta stated on June 14, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says Hillary Clinton's "been very clear where she stands on trade."
By Lauren Carroll• June 14, 2015
Rex Tillerson stated on April 28, 2017 in comments to the UN Security Council:
"China account(s) for 90 percent of North Korean trade."
By John Kruzel• May 1, 2017

Articles (659)

Trade and tariffs in 5 charts: A 2018 midterm report

By Manuela Tobias• September 24, 2018

Is the new NAFTA the biggest trade deal ever, as Donald Trump said?

By Manuela Tobias• December 1, 2018

Donald Trump cites Ronald Reagan as a protectionist hero. Was he?

By Louis Jacobson• July 1, 2016

Donald Trump's dubious attack on U.S.-Canada trade

By Louis Jacobson• February 27, 2018

Does the U.S. have a 'massive' trade deficit with Germany, as Donald Trump said?

By Louis Jacobson• May 30, 2017

Why many Democrats have supported the USMCA deal

By Bill McCarthy• January 15, 2020

Was NAFTA 'worst trade deal ever'? Few agree

By Jon Greenberg• September 29, 2016

Fact-checking claims about how trade deals become law

By Louis Jacobson• November 29, 2013

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

By Angie Drobnic Holan• April 12, 2016

Trade agreements don't have all protections promised

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 13, 2011

Cap and trade legislation stalls in the Senate

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Lukas Pleva• July 26, 2010

PolitiFact fact-checks the April 10 shows

By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders• April 10, 2016

Tim Ryan targets China's trade practices

By Sabrina Eaton• March 16, 2012

A ‘crook’? ‘Totally exonerated’? Misleading claims about Ga. Sen. David Perdue and his stock trades

By Tom Kertscher• December 4, 2020

Fact-checking the April 10 Sunday shows

By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Linda Qiu, Katie Sanders• April 10, 2016

The Gulf Coast oil spill and cap and trade

By Robert Farley• June 4, 2010

PunditFact fact-checks the May 17 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• May 17, 2015

Fact-checking the June 14 news shows

By Lauren Carroll, Jon Greenberg, Aaron Sharockman• June 14, 2015

What’s the manufacturing job killer, automation or trade?

By Jon Greenberg• October 16, 2019

Americans & Australians on carbon-control politics

By Becky Bowers• July 30, 2013