NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS | August 19, 2016 | PAGE 13
Clinton reiterates opposition
to Trans-Pacific Partnership
By Mark Gruenberg
Press Associate Inc.
WARREN, Mich.—Adding an-
other specific to her economic
platform, Democratic presiden-
tial nominee Hillary Clinton
told a crowd of workers in War-
ren, Mich., that she would ap-
point a special “chief trade pros-
ecutor” to pursue foreign
violators of trade pacts.
She also reiterated her strong
opposition to the Trans-Pacific
Partnership (TPP), the contro-
versial so-called “free trade”
pact backed by big business,
most Republicans, and some
Democrats, including her for-
mer boss, President Barack
Obama.
The TPP is pending in Con-
gress.
Clinton told the crowd in War-
ren on Aug. 11 that the TPP is
like other deals that take advan-
tage of U.S. workers. Such trade
pacts don’t live up to their advo-
cates’ promises, she said. She
vowed to oppose all of them.
“My answer is to make trade
work for us and not against us,”
“My answer is to make
trade work for us and
not against us. So my
message to every
worker ... across America
is this: I will stop any
trade deal that kills jobs
or holds down wages,
including the Trans-
Pacific Partnership. I
oppose it now, I will
oppose it after the
election, and I’ll oppose
it as president.”
— Democratic Presidential
Nominee
Hillary Clinton
Clinton declared. “So my mes-
sage to every worker in Michi-
gan and across America is this:
I will stop any trade deal that
kills jobs or holds down wages,
including the Trans-Pacific Part-
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