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*"The Greek crisis as well as TPP sets the Chinese stock market have reminded us that growth here at home and growth an ocean away are linked gold standard in a common global economytrade agreements" - Hillary Clinton 2012 [http://www.politifact. Trade has been a major driver of the economy over recent decades, but it has also contributed to hollowing out our manufacturing base com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/oct/13/hillary-clinton/what-hillary-clinton-really-said-about-tpp-and many hard-working communities. So we do need to set a high bar for trade agreements. We should support them if they create jobsgol/ (PF)]"It was just finally negotiated last week, raise wagesand in looking at it, and advance our national security. And we should be prepared to walk away if they donit didn'tmeet my standards." Hillary Clinton 2015 [http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/oct/13/hillary-clinton/what-hillary-clinton-really-said-about-tpp-and-gol/ (The International EconomyPF)]
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===Trade Agreements===
*'''Chief advocate for Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)'''
**Clinton supported deals with Oman, Chile and Singapore during her tenure in the Senate. As secretary of State, she was a chief advocate as talks commenced surrounding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), one of the largest worldwide deals in recent history. [http://www.ontheissues.org/celeb/Hillary_Clinton_Free_Trade.htm (OTI)]
**TPP agreement creates more growth and better growth. (Source: Megan R. Wilson in TheHill.com weblog, "Clinton vs. Warren" , Aug 24, 2014) [http://www.ontheissues.org/celeb/Hillary_Clinton_Free_Trade.htm (OTI)]
*Global trading system isn'''TPP agreement creates more growth t up to standards of fairness**"The current global trading system is distorted not only by barriers to entry in developing and emerging economies, but by the power of special interests in developed countries, including the US. To make trade fairer as well as freer, developing countries have to do a better growth.''' (Source: Megan Rjob of improving productivity, raising labor conditions, and protecting the environment. Wilson in TheHill.com weblogIn the US, "Clinton vswe have to do a better job of providing good jobs to those displaced by trade. Warren" , Aug 24, 2014) [http://www.ontheissues.org/celeb/Hillary_Clinton_Free_Trade.htm (OTI)]
*'''Global trading system isn't up to standards of fairness'''**The current global trading system is distorted not only by barriers to entry in developing and emerging economies, but by the power of special interests in developed countries, including the US. To make trade fairer as well as freer, developing countries have to do a better job of improving productivity, raising labor conditions, China benefits from WTO and protecting the environment. In the US, we have to do a better job of providing good jobs to those displaced should play by trade. WTO rules (Source: Hard Choices, by Hillary Clinton, p.513 , Jun 10, 2014) [http://www.ontheissues.org/celeb/Hillary_Clinton_Free_Trade.htm (OTI)]**"We should focus on ending currency manipulation, environmental destruction and miserable working conditions [in China]. I acknowledge the challenge of lifting millions of people out of poverty. China argued this outweighed any obligation to play by established rules. I countered that China and other emerging economies had benefited greatly from the system the US had helped create, including their membership in the World Trade Organization, and now they needed to take their share of responsibility." [http://www.ontheissues.org/celeb/Hillary_Clinton_Free_Trade.htm (OTI)]
*'''China benefits from WTO "The Greek crisis as well as the Chinese stock market have reminded us that growth here at home and should play by WTO rules''' (Source: Hard Choicesgrowth an ocean away are linked in a common global economy. Trade has been a major driver of the economy over recent decades, by Hillary Clinton, pbut it has also contributed to hollowing out our manufacturing base and many hard-working communities. So we do need to set a high bar for trade agreements.513 We should support them if they create jobs, Jun 10raise wages, 2014) [http://wwwand advance our national security.ontheissues.org/celeb/Hillary_Clinton_Free_Trade And we should be prepared to walk away if they don't.htm " (OTIThe International Economy)]
