How a Hillary Clinton Presidency Throws U.S. Workers to the Wolves

The TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) is a hot-button issue in this 2016 presidential race. It’s especially paramount to American workers…
Those for the agreement, such as President Barack Obama, claim it will improve American manufacturing by removing tariffs.
But those opposed to the deal, including GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, say it expands corporate rights across member states to the disadvantage of U. S. workers. Specifically, they believe millions of jobs could be lost in the name of ‘free trade.’
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was once a staunch supporter of the TPP…
‘That is the spirit behind the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the so-called TPP, which we hope to outline by the time of APEC in November, because this agreement will bring together economies from across the Pacific – developed and developing alike – into a single trading community,’ Clinton said on Jan. 25, 2011, at the Principles for Prosperity in the Asia-Pacific conference in Hong Kong, according to the U. S. Department of State website.
More recently on Jan. 18, 2013, the former first lady told policymakers in Washington, D. C., about a discussion she’d had with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida earlier that day: ‘We also discussed the Trans-Pacific Partnership and we shared perspectives on Japan’s possible participation, because we think this holds out great economic opportunities to all participating nations.’ (U. S. Department of State website, 2013)
But now, come election 2016, Hillary Clinton says she opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Should American workers strongly vested in the outcome of the TPP believe her when they take to the polls in November?
Here’s what we know…

This post was published at Wall Street Examiner by Money Morning Staff Reports – August 8, 2016.