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Hillary Clinton Comes Out Against Trans-Pacific Partnership

HeadlineOct 08, 2015

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has come out against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, days after the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations reached an agreement on the deal Monday. Clinton made the remarks on PBS NewsHour.

Hillary Clinton: “What I know about it, as of today, I am not in favor of what I have learned about it. And there’s one other element I want to make, because I think it’s important. Trade agreements don’t happen in a vacuum, and in order for us to have a competitive economy in the global marketplace, there are things we need to do here at home that help raise wages, and the Republicans have blocked everything President Obama tried to do on that front. So, for the larger issues, and then what I know — and again, I don’t have the text, we don’t yet have all the details — I don’t believe it’s going to meet the high bar I have set.”

Clinton’s rival candidate, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, has long opposed the TPP.

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