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...Clinton opposes TPP
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nership.
“I oppose it now, I will op-
pose it after the election, and I’ll
oppose it as president.”
Trade, and how it hurts U.S.
workers, is a key issue for union
members, especially in the in-
dustrial Midwest. Past trade
pacts, starting with the 22-year-
old North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) between
the U.S., Canada, and Mexico,
have cost hundreds of thousands
of well-paying U.S. factory jobs.
And while GOP President
George H.W. Bush negotiated
NAFTA, Clinton’s then-presi-
dent husband, Bill, pushed it
through Congress over outspo-
ken and strong worker and union
opposition. And as Obama’s sec-
retary of state, Hillary Clinton
supported the TPP. Republican
presidental nominee Donald
Trump used that against her in
his own Michigan economic
Southwest
speech in Detroit three days be-
fore. He said that she would flip-
flop again.
Clinton’s speech in Warren —
still home to many auto industry
workers — was split between
detailing her own economic vi-
sion and criticizing Trump.
The business mogul says he is
against the TPP, and uses that is-
sue to appeal to blue-collar
workers who have lost their jobs
to unfair trade deals negotiated
and backed by presidents and
Congresses of both parties.
Trump repeated his anti-trade
pact stand in his Detroit speech.
“Just imagine how many more
automobile jobs will be lost if
the TPP is actually approved.
That is why I have announced
we will withdraw from the deal
before that can ever happen,” he
declared.
But Trump also called for re-
ducing the corporate tax rate to
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