“The trade agreement itself does have labor and environmental protections, but we have to stand for human rights and we have to make sure that violence isn't being perpetrated against workers who are just trying to organize for their rights.” TryingHumansDoeRightsViolenceLaborTradeEnvironmentalWorkersHuman RightsProtectionAgreementOrganizeEnvironmental ProtectionTrade Agreements Author:Barack Obama
“I think that the important point is we've got to have a president who understands the benefits of free trade but also is going to enforce unfair trade agreements and is going to stand up to other countries.” ThinkingImportantCountryPresidentBenefitsTradeAgreementOther CountriesUnfairFree TradeTrade AgreementsFair Trade Author:Barack Obama
“Over the years, we have lost millions of decent paying jobs. These trade agreements have forced wages down in America so the average worker in America today is working longer hours for lower wages.” YearsTodayJobsAmericaLostHoursMillionsTradeWorkersAverageDecentAgreementWagesAmerica TodayTrade Agreements Author:Hillary Clinton
“The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement is a continuation of other disastrous trade agreements, like NAFTA, CAFTA, and permanent normal trade relations with China.” NormalRelationTradeChinaPermanentAgreementPartnershipTransPacificContinuationTrade AgreementsNafta Author:Bernie Sanders
“It's very hard to find things that rhyme with North American Free Trade Agreement.” HardTradeAgreementRhymeFree TradeTrade Agreements Author:Chris Martin
“Negotiating sugar trade in bilateral free trade agreements is a recipe for disaster for the U.S. sugar industry, and it is unnecessary.” IndustryTradeDisasterAgreementSugarUnnecessaryRecipesFree TradeNegotiatingTrade Agreements Author:Kent Conrad
“When ordinary Soviet citizens are told that a vital trade agreement awarding their country most-favoured-nation status with the US is being blocked in Congress because Soviet Jews are demanding as an absolute right something few other inhabitants can expect as a special privilege - then the result is likely to be spontaneous outbreaks of anti-Semitism.” CountryNationsResultsSpecialCitizensOrdinaryAbsolutesTradeCongressPrivilegeJewAgreementSovietSpontaneousAnti SemitismBlockedOutbreaksTrade AgreementsBe Spontaneous Author:Alan Brien
“Trade agreements are a net benefit for the world, and a net benefit for our foreign policy, and in the long run, given the dislocations, are a net benefit for us, too.” WorldLongRunningGivenPolicyBenefitsTradeAgreementForeign PolicyLong RunsTrade AgreementsDislocation Author:David Brooks
“I rise to oppose the Central American Free Trade Agreement, known as CAFTA, the latest expression of the disastrous trade policies of this administration which are, unfortunately, a continuation of the disastrous trade policies of previous administrations.” KnownPolicyExpressionTradeAdministrationAgreementFree TradeContinuationTrade Agreements Author:Russ Feingold
“The trade agreement has become a rather distinct feature of the American labor movement. ... It is based on the idea that labor shall accept the capitalist system of production and make terms of peace with it.” IdeasTermAcceptingMovementLaborTradeProductionsFeaturesAgreementCapitalistTrade AgreementsLabor Movement Author:Mary Ritter Beard
“Unfortunately, the United States has entered into several free trade agreements that do not sufficiently protect and support our manufacturing industries and the millions of American workers they employ.” StatesUnitedMillionsUnited StatesSupportIndustryProtectTradeWorkersAgreementManufacturingFree TradeAmerican WorkersTrade Agreements Author:Dan Kildee
“The establishment of free trade agreements can be a critical and progressive step towards greater economic integration, and continues to become more valuable in an increasingly global world.” WorldStepsGreaterEconomicTradeValuableCriticalAgreementProgressiveEstablishmentIntegrationFree TradeTrade AgreementsEconomic Integration Author:Dan Kildee
“Beneficial in theory, so-called free trade agreements far too often have been detrimental to the United States economy and the manufacturing sector that forms its central pillar.” Has BeensStatesFormUnitedUnited StatesEconomyTheoryTradeAgreementBeneficialManufacturingPillarsFree TradeDetrimentalTrade AgreementsUnited States Economy Author:Dan Kildee
“If we want more trade in the world, we should establish bilateral trade agreements with other democratic countries. That way we can control the decision-making process. The major economic countries of the world will enter into those agreements.” IfsWorldWayWantShouldCountryProcessDecisionEconomicMajorsTradeDemocraticAgreementDecision MakingTrade AgreementsCountries Of The WorldDemocratic CountryDecision Making Process Author:Dana Rohrabacher
“Engineers in the developed world should be arguing not for protectionism but for trade agreements that seek to establish rules that result in a real rise in living standards. This will ensure that outsourcing is a positive force in the developing nations economy and not an exploitative one.” WorldShouldRealForceNationsResultsEconomyStandardsTradeArguingDevelopingAgreementEngineersOutsourcingTrade AgreementsProtectionism Author:Brian Behlendorf
“China has not lived up to any other trade agreements over the last decade. They don't have any compliance, they don't have any enforcement.” LastsTradeChinaDecadesAgreementEnforcementComplianceTrade Agreements Author:David E. Bonior
“You mentioned the Free Trade Agreement and yes I can't tell you how pleased we are that Morocco is one of the countries that our country is going to begin negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with.” I CanCountryTradeOur CountryAgreementFree TradeNegotiatingMoroccoTrade AgreementsYes I Can Author:Donald Evans
“We have to develop a strong economic message which says every American is entitled to health care through a national health care program. And we're not going to allow these large corporations to push through trade agreements which allow them to throw Americans out on the street and run to China.” CareRunningStrongEconomicStreetsMessagesProgramTradeChinaHealth CareCorporationsAgreementEntitledTrade Agreements Author:Bernie Sanders
“Globalization exists but we shouldn't conflate globalization with trade agreements. Trade agreements is how we can shape globalization.” ShapesTradeAgreementGlobalizationTrade Agreements Author:Michael Froman
“There's a lot of exaggerated talk about CAFTA, but it's actually a fairly routine trade agreement. Although it involves fairly small nations, they're still more important trade partners than places like Australia or many other larger nations.” StillsImportantNationsTradePartnersAustraliaAgreementRoutineExaggeratedTrade AgreementsSmall Nations Author:Ernest Istook
“It's not a free trade agreement. It has virtually nothing to do with free trade... It's a protectionist agreement; it's anti free-trade.” TradeAgreementFree TradeTrade Agreements Author:Noam Chomsky
“Why should we believe people who constantly try to push these trade agreements and won't even admit when one has gone wrong? It makes working people feel like the process is rigged. The reason is, it is rigged.” PeopleFeelsShouldTryingBelieveReasonProcessGoneTradeAgreementRiggedTrade Agreements Author:Russ Feingold
“The economy has definitely been improving, and things like the stock market are doing better, but the economy has to be good for working-class and middle-class families who work every day, send their kids to a school like is in front of my house, and they have to be able to enjoy their lives. That's why you don't pass a trade agreement that ships even more jobs overseas.” KidsAbleSchoolJobsHouseEnjoyClassEconomyMiddleFrontsTradeBe GoodShipsMiddle ClassAgreementWorking ClassImprovingTrade AgreementsMiddle Class Family Author:Russ Feingold
“During the debate over NAFTA President Clinton said, 'I believe that NAFTA will create a million jobs in the first five years of its impact.' WRONG. According to the Economic Policy Institute, NAFTA has led to the loss of more than 680,000 U.S. jobs. I voted against NAFTA and other bad trade agreements and am fighting to stop the TPP.” YearsFirstsBelieveSaidJobsFightingI BelievePresidentLossMillionsFiveEconomicPolicyTradeImpactClintonDebateFive YearsAgreementInstituteEconomic PolicyPresident ClintonTrade AgreementsNafta Author:Bernie Sanders
“To centralize power in the name of freedom is akin to putting a crime syndicate in charge of rooting out corruption. It is the normal state of politics that the more centralized it is, the more damage it does. Fast-track authority [for government-to-government trade agreements] centralizes power and is therefore part of the problem.” DoeStatesProblemGovernmentNamesCrimeAuthorityNormalTradeTrackCorruptionDamageAgreementTrade AgreementsSyndicate Author:Llewellyn Rockwell
“I do think there would be a receptivity to somebody who campaigned in a straightforward, cohesive way, supporting an increase in the minimum wage, being for universal health care for all Americans, and opposing trade agreements like NAFTA.” ThinkingWayWould BeCareUniversalIncreaseTradeHealth CareAgreementMinimumStraightforwardOpposingMinimum WageReceptivityTrade AgreementsNaftaUniversal Health Care Author:Russ Feingold
“I am very glad, Anderson, that secretary Clinton discovered religion on this issue but it's a little bit too late. Secretary Clinton supported virtually every one of the disastrous trade agreements written by corporate America.” LittlesAmericaBitsIssuesWrittenLateLittle BitTradeClintonGladCorporateToo LateAgreementSecretaryCorporate AmericaTrade Agreements Author:Bernie Sanders
“Your story is for - voting for every disastrous trade agreement, and voting for corporate America. Did I vote against the Wall Street bailout?” StoriesAmericaStreetsWallVoteTradeCorporateVotingAgreementCorporate AmericaTrade AgreementsBailouts Author:Bernie Sanders
“I understood that these trade agreements were going to destroy the middle class of this country. I led the fight against us. That is one of the major differences that we have.” CountryFightingDifferencesClassMiddleMajorsUnderstoodTradeMiddle ClassAgreementTrade Agreements Author:Bernie Sanders
“I concluded that the trade agreements weren't working as promised, and was depreciating the wages and the manufacturing base, and the jobs of Americans, and that both needed to change, and Donald Trump was out there. So I went to his rally.” JobsTrumpNeededTradeAgreementWagesManufacturingTrade Agreements Author:Jeff Sessions
“Donald Trump believed that the whole history of trade agreements, most of which I've supported over the years, have not been effective, and I've come to believe he's right.” YearsBelieveWholeTrumpTradeAgreementTrade Agreements Author:Jeff Sessions
“I supported the Korean Trade Agreement in 2011. They promised - when it was signed, President [Barak] Obama said it would increase our exports to Korea by $10 billion a year.That creates jobs in America.Since - last year, 2015, there was no increase, like instead of billions of dollars there was like a $100 million increase in our exports to Korea, whereas as their imports to us went up $12 billion, and our trade deficit increased 240 percent.” YearsSaidJobsLastsAmericaPresidentMillionsPercentIncreaseTradeDollarsBillionsAgreementLast YearDeficitKoreaKoreanImportsTrade AgreementsBarak ObamaJobs In America Author:Jeff Sessions
“My advice is to listen and accept the will of the American people, the Republican voters. The Republican Party is the Republican voters, and Republican voters oppose these trade agreements more than Democrat voters do.” PeoplePartyAcceptingAdviceRepublicanTradeDemocratAgreementVotersRepublican PartyTrade Agreements Author:Jeff Sessions
“How will the exit affect thousands of British pensioners living in Portugal or Spain who will lose their access to the welfare and health systems? Fifty-three free-trade agreements, which were negotiated by the EU on behalf of all Member States, are also hanging in the balance for the UK.” StatesThreeLosesBalanceMembersTradeBritishAccessWelfareFiftyAgreementBehalfSpainExitFree TradePortugalTrade AgreementsHealth System Author:Jean-Claude Juncker
“Donald Trump has been rejecting the idea of trade agreements like NAFTA, like the Trans-Pacific Partnership.” Has BeensIdeasTrumpTradeAgreementPartnershipTransPacificRejectingTrade AgreementsNafta Author:Audie Cornish
“This rhetoric that Donald Trump is used is very consistent with rhetoric he's used on the campaign trail for a long time now. He'll always say - and you look - you can look at the past transcripts of his old speeches. He'll always say, I'm in favor of trade; trade is great, but these deals - NAFTA, TPP, the South Korean Free Trade Agreement - are all terrible.” LooksLongPastUsedDealsTrumpTerribleSpeechLong TimeTradeSouthFavorsCampaignsConsistentAgreementRhetoricTrailsKoreanFree TradeTrade AgreementsNafta Author:Avik Roy
“What was really interesting in his speech, which, by the way, had (inaudible) footnotes - the written version of it - which might be a personal record for Donald Trump - the source of a lot of his numbers on the free trade section of the speech came from an organization called the Economic Policy Institute, which was a think tank or is a think tank that was founded by labor unions to promote the labor unions' point of view on free trade agreements.” ThinkingWayMightInterestingViewsNumbersRecordsWrittenEconomicPolicySourceTrumpSpeechLaborOrganizationTradeUnionsPoint Of ViewVersionsAgreementSectionsTanksReally InterestingInstituteFree TradeEconomic PolicyLabor UnionFootnotesTrade Agreements Author:Avik Roy
“Of course, trade agreements can be beneficial, but of course they need to avoid infringing on certain areas and respect diversity.” NeedsCertainCoursesDiversityAreasTradeAgreementBeneficialTrade Agreements Author:Christine Lagarde
“More broadly, Prime Minister Lee [Hsien Loong] and I will work to advance the US-Singapore partnership across the board. We're committed to sustaining the dynamism of our economies with the Trans-Pacific Partnership - the highest-standard trade agreement ever - which will support trade and innovation in both our countries.” CountrySupportEconomyHighestStandardsInnovationTradeCommittedOur CountryMinistersBoardsAgreementPrimePartnershipPrime MinisterTransPacificSingaporeSustainingDynamismTrade Agreements Author:Barack Obama
“Where does Donald Trump come from - and it's not just Donald Trump. It's a whole movement of right-wing extremism, not just in this country but also in Europe, which is a response to globalization, to the financialization of our economy, you know, to the trade agreements that throw working people under the bus.” PeopleKnowsDoeCountryWholeEconomyMovementTrumpEuropeTradeWingsResponseAgreementBusGlobalizationExtremismRight WingTrade Agreements Author:Jill Stein
“People intuitively know that trade is good for our country. We just have to get the right trade agreements.” PeopleKnowsCountryTradeOur CountryAgreementTrade Agreements Author:John Kasich
“You watch people run for president, and a large part of what they say, they don't ever follow through on. But I don't think you can afford to wait on this [trade agreements].” PeopleThinkingRunningWaitingPresidentWatchesTradeAgreementFollow ThroughTrade Agreements Author:John Kasich
“I agree with [Donald] Trump: These trade agreements have not been good deals for America, and they need to be fixed.” NeedsAmericaDealsTrumpAgreeTradeFixedAgreementTrade Agreements Author:Collin Peterson
“Now we are talking about concluding a free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Council, recently established in the post-Soviet space, and China. A similar agreement was concluded a short time ago with Vietnam. Then, we will coordinate, at least we are ready to do this, the Chinese concept of the Silk Road Economic Belt with our newly-created regional organisation. So, do you understand how diverse, multi-faceted and deep Russian-Chinese ties have become over the last couple of decades? And we resolved the border issue.” LastsSpaceTalkingIssuesEconomicReadyCoupleConceptsTradeChinaDecadesPostsChineseBordersTiesAgreementVietnamSovietDiverseCouncilBeltsOrganisationSilkShort TimeFree TradeCoordinatesTrade AgreementsConcludingSilk Road Author:Vladimir Putin
“The European Union and the United States of America are the big important economic areas for us, which is why I always have come up strongly in favor of concluding a trade agreement with the United States of America.” ImportantStatesBigsAmericaUnitedUnited StatesEconomicAreasTradeUnionsCome UpFavorsAgreementUnited States Of AmericaEuropean UnionTrade AgreementsConcluding Author:Angela Merkel
“This conclusion of trade agreements that go beyond the scope of mere tariff agreements, customs agreements, are most important and I'm very pleased we were able to bring this to fruition between Canada and the E.U. We've made great progress, particularly if we look at one of the great global issues, namely climate protection, without the engagement of the current administration under the leadership of Barack Obama, this Paris agreement would never have come about.” IfsLooksMadeImportantAbleIssuesProgressTradeMereClimateCurrentsProtectionConclusionAdministrationBarackParisCanadaAgreementCustomsEngagementScopeFruitionTariffsTrade AgreementsGlobal IssuesGreat Progress Author:Angela Merkel
“When [Bill] Clinton came along, it sort of moderated a little bit, but Clinton had a different device for breaking unions called NAFTA [North America Free Trade Agreement]. Because the government was entirely lawless, employers could exploit NAFTA to threaten union organizers with transfer. It's illegal, but when you've got a lawless government, it doesn't matter if it's illegal. I think the number of union drives blocked increased by about 50 percent.” IfsThinkingLittlesDifferentMatterGovernmentAmericaBitsNumbersLittle BitPercentTradeBillsUnionsClintonAgreementIllegalDevicesEmployersExploitsTransfersNorth AmericaFree TradeBlockedOrganizerTrade AgreementsNafta Author:Noam Chomsky
“We are in the process of negotiating an agreement with the United States. We will be negotiating agreements with India and China. We are in the process of negotiating an agreement with Mercosur, South America. So there are a number of these trade agreements in the major markets of the world.” WorldStatesAmericaProcessUnitedNumbersUnited StatesMajorsIndiaTradeSouthChinaAgreementNegotiatingSouth AmericaTrade Agreements Author:Thabo Mbeki
“There's a whole range of areas that we'll be looking at, so I'm not at this very early stage going to specify any particular areas. As you will know, there will be a limit to how far we can go in terms of a formal free trade agreement until we've actually left the European Union. I think there is much that we [with Donald Trump] can do in the interim in terms of looking at how we can remove some of the barriers to trade in a number of areas.” ThinkingKnowsWholeLeftTermCan DoNumbersStageParticularTrumpLimitsAreasTradeUnionsRangeRemoveBarriersAgreementFormalEuropean UnionFree TradeTrade AgreementsInterim Author:Theresa May
“Now Barack Obama, who campaigned for transparency, is the President defending secret negotiations on new trade agreements that are largely being written by corporate lawyers and lobbyists. He would give corporations the key to the treasury while he gets the authority to fast track another hammering of working people and the environment. Yet the only people who get a real tongue-lashing from this President's White House are progressives around town who dare to call him on the carpet for abandoning his promises.” PeopleGivingRealHousePresidentWhiteSecretEnvironmentWrittenKeysPromiseAuthorityTownsTradeTrackDareTongueLawyerBarackCorporateCorporationsAgreementWhite HouseNegotiationCarpetTransparencyTreasuryLobbyistsTrade Agreements Author:Bill Moyers