“I think what Donald Trump is saying to people is that America has way more leverage at the negotiating table than America has used in the past. And whether you like it or not, the government and trade representatives have made the decision not to use that leverage. And it has had an economic impact on the lower and middle class.” PeopleThinkingWayMadeUseGovernmentAmericaPastUsedDecisionClassEconomicMiddleTrumpTablesTradeImpactMiddle ClassRepresentativesYou Like ItNegotiating Author:Anthony Scaramucci
“What Donald Trump is focused on is a policy of trade that looks after the interests of the American worker, not just the overall GDP numbers. And that is what is resonating.” LooksInterestNumbersPolicyTrumpTradeWorkersFocusedGdpAmerican WorkersResonating Author:Rick Santorum
“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
“We've got people in the Republican Party that just believe that if you just cut taxes for corporations, and that you have more trade, and we just bring in more people from abroad, that this is going to help the average guy. Well, it's not. I mean, this is an honest dispute. We're going to have a dispute about it. The American people agree with [Donald] Trump and I agree with Trump on those things.” PeopleIfsBelieveWellsMeanHelpingGuyPartyCuttingHonestTrumpRepublicanTaxesAgreeTradeAverageCorporationsRepublican PartyDisputesJust Believe Author:Jeff Sessions
“[Donald] Trump is underestimated greatly in terms of his understanding and comprehension of the great issues facing America. He understands trade. He's got businesses all over the world. He understands currency and how manipulating currency can be damaging to America.” WorldAmericaUnderstandingTermIssuesTrumpTradeCurrencyComprehensionUnderestimated Author:Jeff Sessions
“When it comes to trade, when it comes to standing up to countries like North Korea, when it comes to standing up to guys like Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump is not a conservative.” CountryGuyTrumpStandingTradeConservativeKoreaPutinNorth Korea Author:Bret Stephens
“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
“[Donald Trump rhetoric]this is a common rhetorical line used by people who are against free trade that say, we're in favor of trade; we just don't like any of the free trade deals that America has actually signed onto.” PeopleAmericaUsedLinesDealsCommonTrumpTradeFavorsRhetoricFree TradeRhetorical 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
“I think, again, the overall intellectual structure of the speech is very much consistent with what Donald Trump has been saying on the campaign trail. He's against free trade. He's against immigration. But he has been in favor of tax reform, and he has been afraid of - in favor of developing American energy sources like through fracking or hydraulic fracturing.” ThinkingHas BeensEnergySourceTrumpTaxesSpeechIntellectualTradeStructureFavorsCampaignsImmigrationReformDevelopingConsistentTrailsFree TradeEnergy SourcesTax ReformFrackingHydraulic Fracturing Author:Avik Roy
“On the campaign trail, [Donald] Trump has threatened a trade war and repeatedly said that Mexico will pay for a wall on the Southern border.” SaidWarPayWallTrumpTradeCampaignsBordersSouthernMexicoThreatenedTrails Author:Steve Kornacki
“[Donald] Trump is the only Republican candidate in the last seven cycles to understand all three legs of the foreign policy stool - the three crucial elements of our foreign policy, what they need to be - and they are trade, war, and immigration.” NeedsWarLastsThreePolicyTrumpRepublicanElementsTradeSevenLegsImmigrationCandidatesCyclesCrucialForeign PolicyStoolsThree Legs Author:Rush Limbaugh
“There have been candidates who've been right on trade but wrong on the other two, right on war but wrong on the other two, right on immigration but not interested in the other two. It is this writer's belief that [Donald] Trump is the first one to come along, despite what a big buffoon everybody says he is. He is the only guy that's put his finger on the problems and the comprises and the areas that need to be addressed in order to owe direct the route which our country is traveling.” NeedsFirstsHas BeensTwoWarCountryProblemBigsGuyOrderBeliefTrumpAreasDirectTradeFingersImmigrationDespiteOur CountryCandidatesNot InterestedRoutesBuffoons Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Donald Trump actually is a pretty big-government conservative. He doesn't see eye-to-eye with them [the Kochs] on trade.” BigsGovernmentEyeTrumpTradeConservativeBig Government Author:Jane Mayer
“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
“China is illegally dumping steel in the United States and Donald Trump is buying it to build his buildings, putting steelworkers and American steel plants out of business. That's something that I fought against as a senator and that I would have a trade prosecutor to make sure that we don't get taken advantage of by China on steel or anything else.” StatesUnitedUnited StatesTakenBuildingTrumpAdvantageTradePlantChinaBuyingSenatorsSteelProsecutorTaken Advantage Author:Hillary Clinton
“When you look at a company like Amazon, one of the reasons that Amazon is one of the most powerful companies in the world is because we want to buy cheap stuff. If Donald Trump were to change trade laws, we couldn't buy the cheap stuff or in our Wal-Marts, they would cost a whole lot more.” IfsWorldWantLooksReasonWholeLawStuffPowerfulCompanyTrumpCostTradeMost PowerfulAmazon Author:Stephanie Ruhle
“[Donald Trump] is talking a lot about redoing trade and that's the area that is getting globalists nervous. Number one, they want certainty. They do not want to see a disruption in trade. He's promising to rip up NAFTA, redo NAFTA. He's not going to do the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the TPP trade with Asia.” WantNumbersTalkingTrumpAreasTradeNervousCertaintyPartnershipAsiaRipTransPacificDisruptionNaftaRedos Author:Maria Bartiromo
“I think the global markets will probably be selling off with a [Donald] Trump presidency because he has promised to re-do trade deals.” ThinkingDealsTrumpTradeSellingPresidency Author:Maria Bartiromo
“[Donald Trump] will try to renegotiate the trade deals a little bit.” TryingLittlesBitsDealsTrumpLittle BitTrade Author:William Kristol
“If you look at the polls, for all the talk about immigration and even trade, ObamaCare was an extremely important issue for Trump voters in 2016.” IfsLooksImportantIssuesTrumpTradeImmigrationVotersPollsObamacareImportant Issues Author:William Kristol
“If Donald Trump behaves well, personally, and morally - I agree with Van [Jones] on this - if he distances - if he disassociates himself from forces that he unfortunately coddled and even fostered a little in this campaign, if he is responsible about the way in which he goes about his policy, initiatives on immigration and ObamaCare, trade and other areas, he has a huge opportunity, because the truth is that a lot of this stuff isn't that - there is a lot that can be done.” IfsWayWellsLittlesDoneOpportunityForceStuffPolicyHugeTrumpTruth IsAreasResponsibleAgreeTradeDistanceCampaignsImmigrationBehaveInitiativeVansObamacare Author:William Kristol
“When it comes to economics, president-elect [Donald] Trump has promised to revive American manufacturing, get tough on trade with China, cut taxes and invest in infrastructure.” PresidentCuttingTrumpTaxesToughEconomicsTradeChinaInfrastructureManufacturingRevive Author:Judy Woodruff
“If Mr. Trump wants to work with us to make sure that trade works for the American worker, not just CEOs of corporate America, you have got a partner, partner.” IfsWantAmericaTrumpTradeWorkersPartnersCorporateCeoCorporate AmericaAmerican Workers Author:Bernie Sanders
“When Donald Trump attacks the trade deals, which have helped to gut the American working class, it's very powerful, even though his solutions are nonsense. And Hillary Clinton can't really defend it, because that's part of the life's work of her and her - of her and her husband.” DealsPowerfulClassTrumpHusbandSolutionsTradeClintonGutsNonsenseWorking ClassVery Powerful Author:Allan Nairn