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*"Middle class in this country is collapsing. We have 27 million people living in poverty. We have massive wealth and income inequality. Our trade policies have cost us millions of decent jobs." [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=110903 (DD1)]

*"I voted against NAFTA, CAFTA, PNTR with China. I think they have been a disaster ..for forty years, the American worker. A lot great middle class of corporations that shut down here move abroadthis country has been disappearing. Working people understand that after NAFTA And in my view, CAFTA, PNTR with China what we have lost need to create millions of decent paying jobs. Since 2001, 60,000 factories in America have been shut down. We're in a race by rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure; raise the minimum wage to the bottom, where $15 an hour; [enact] pay equity for women workers; [rethink] our wages are going down. Is all of that attributable to disastrous trade? No. Is a lot policies, which have cost us millions of it? Yes. TPP was written by corporate America jobs; and the pharmaceutical industry make every public college and Wall Streetuniversity in this country tuition-free. That's what this trade agreement is about" [http://www.presidency.ucsb. I do not want American workers to competing against people in Vietnam who make 56 cents an hour for a minimum wageedu/ws/index." php?pid=110903 (OTIBSTDD1)]

*"In the House and Senate, I voted against all of these terrible trade agreements, NAFTA, CAFTA, permanent normal trades relations PNTR with China. Republicans and Democrats, I think they sayhave been a disaster for the American worker. A lot of corporations that shut down here move abroad. Working people understand that after NAFTA, "ohCAFTA, we'll create all these jobs by having a trade agreement PNTR with China." Well, the answer is, they were wrong, wrong, wrong. Over the years, we have lost millions of decent paying jobs. These trade agreements Since 2001, 60,000 factories in America have forced been shut down. We're in a race to the bottom, where our wages are going down in . Is all of that attributable to trade? No. Is a lot of it? Yes. TPP was written by corporate America so and the average worker pharmaceutical industry and Wall Street. That's what this trade agreement is about. I do not want American workers to competing against people in America today is working longer hours Vietnam who make 56 cents an hour for lower wagesa minimum wage." [http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Bernie_Sanders_Free_Trade.htm (OTIBST)]

*"In the House and Senate, I voted against all of these terrible trade agreements, NAFTA, CAFTA, permanent normal trades relations with China. Republicans and Democrats, they say, "oh, we'll create all these jobs by having a trade agreement with China." Well, the answer is, they were wrong, wrong, wrong. 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." [http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Bernie_Sanders_Free_Trade.htm (OTIBST)] Reverse trade policies like NAFTA, CAFTA, and PNTR that have driven down wages and caused the loss of millions of jobs. [https://berniesanders.com/issues/income-and-wealth-inequality/ (BSWII) ]  Trade policy would focus on restoring jobs for Americans. Stop exports of oil abroad to focus on clean energy solutions at home. Against all Free-Trade agreements on the grounds that it hurts the American people and represents only the interests of corporate America.