Hillary Told Workers She Opposed Free-Trade w/ S. Korea, Then Actively Supported It: Lost 75,000 Job

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EPI estimates that overall, the trade deficits that followed NAFTA and the China pact ended up eliminating nearly 4 million American jobs — most of which were in the manufacturing sector.

Clinton has in the past recognized free trade deals’ impact on U.S. manufacturing jobs.


In 2007, she (Hillary) declared her opposition to a proposed free trade agreement with South Korea, citing concerns about the deal’s effects on the domestic manufacturing sector.

"It will hurt the U.S. auto industry, increase our trade deficit, cost us good middle-class jobs and make America less competitive,” she told the AFL-CIO.

Only a few years later, however, she pressed for the deal’s passage, personally pushing Democratic senators to back it.

Since the deal was ratified, the United States’ trade deficit with South Korea has grown.

According to EPI, that has cost an additional 75,000 U.S. jobs, mostly in manufacturing.

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