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. Ever heard about having a pre-conceived knowledge or outlook of something, and this all due to experience that gives one a proactive knowledge of the possible ramifications on something, and this be it based upon it either being or not becoming something bad for America down the road by study of ?? What if she makes critical errors like this as Prez, will you be around to make excuses for her ??Known better about what?. Her having aspirations to be the President, then she should have known better.Regarding TPP, what Hillary called the "gold standard" was what was initially proposed; not what it morphed Into when it was finally passed.The only theft of power we should be worrying about are the tpp, ttip and tisa. and heres how clinton feels about it:
Hillary Clinton once called TPP the 'gold standard.' Here's why, and what she says about the trade deal now
Donald Trump has made opposition to multilateral trade deals like the North American Free Trade Agreement and the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership a staple of his case against Hillary Clinton. And he quickly took the conversation there Monday.
He says she supported the former, which the U.S. entered into during her husband’s administration, and the latter, which she helped negotiate as secretary of State.
In fact, Trump argued, Clinton decided to oppose TPP only after she saw the popular response Trump was getting for his position.
But Clinton has maintained she opposes TPP, a position she has been forced to reiterate with greater clarity.
said then. “And when negotiated, this agreement will cover 40% of the world's total trade and build in strong protections for workers and the environment. That's key because we know from experience, and of course research proves it, that respecting workers' rights leads to positive long-term economic outcomes, better jobs with higher wages and safer working conditions.”
After she left the Obama administration, Clinton’s rhetoric shifted more to express her own views. In her 2014 memoir, “Hard Choices,” she wrote about the administration’s renewed engagement with Vietnam and said the TPP was “one of our most important tools” for doing so.
“Our country has learned the hard way over the past several decades that globalization and the expansion of international trade brings costs as well as benefits,” she wrote, while noting that she and Obama had both promised in the 2008 campaign to pursue “smarter, fairer trade agreements.”
ultimately stated her opposition after taking time to study it.
“I still believe in the goal of a strong and fair trade agreement in the Pacific as part of a broader strategy both at home and abroad, just as I did when I was secretary of State,” she said in a statement. “But the bar here is very high and, based on what I have seen, I don't believe this agreement has met it.”
As a senator, Clinton voted against the only multilateral trade agreement that was considered during her tenure: the Central American Free Trade Agreement. She did support separate bilateral agreements with Chile, Singapore, Australia, Morocco, Bahrain and Oman, according to Politifact.