“We want state enterprises to be able to assume the same responsibilities for fair competition as private-sector companies, so that we have a level playing field”.
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Clinton supported the trade talks as secretary of state, calling it the “gold standard” for trade deals during a 2012 trip to Australia.
For Clinton, opposition to TPP is about the potential entry of Joe Biden into the race (who, as vice president, would be hard-pressed to oppose this deal) and undercutting his support among labor unions, who dislike free trade agreements.
Saying the agreement had not met her standards, Clinton executed a full reversal Wednesday in her most significant break with Obama since launching her 2016 campaign.
“I think it primarily has to do with the fact that over the past few months almost all the news voters have heard about Clinton has been about this email scandal, and not her policy positions”, he said. That’s in part because I have a hard time imagining the Obama administration participating in a sellout to multinational corporations, as harsher critics of TPP describe the pact, and in part because the best approach to globalization is to maximize its benefits while acknowledging and adjusting to its consequences, including income inequality.
Hillary Clinton, the US Democratic Presidential candidate, has raised her voice against the 12 nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). “I don’t believe we can afford to keep giving new agreements the benefit of the doubt. I’ve been trying to learn as much as I can about the agreement, but I’m anxious”. She has addressed the trade deal on a number of occasions since official negotiations started in 2010 (CNN counted at least 45 comments), so we’ll note her most representative remarks in chronological order. Opposition to the TPP in Congress crosses party lines largely due to a series of issues with the trade deal including a growing anti-trade sentiment and a general distrust of the Obama administration. “I appreciate the hard work that President Obama and his team put into this process and recognize the strides they made”. Farmers in producing countries could potentially reach almost 500 million new customers in Asia, who would in turn gain access to more affordable, higher quality products.
On the one hand, it speaks to the power of the movement that’s developed against the TPP-which is, lest we forget, a bad deal that’s been negotiated entirely in secret-that Clinton feels she can’t come out in favor of it. But that doesn’t make the cynicism of her maneuvering any less depressing.
Clinton has recently called for a no-fly zone in Syria, something the Obama administration has said it will not pursue.
Asked about Clinton’s belief that the economy has stalled, White House press secretary Josh Earnest pushed back: “It’s not”, he said.
The Republican National Committee pounced on her “flip flop” Wednesday, branding it a “case study in political expediency” and an example of why many Americans do not trust her.
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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton unveiled her plan to combat the “abuses of Wall Street” in a statement released on Thursday. I know, when President Obama came into office, he inherited a trade agreement with South Korea.
