Latest Mostly False Fact-checks in Trade Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2022 in posts on social media: The United States can’t import baby formula because of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2021 in an Instagram post: A video shows “your packages were rerouted and have arrived in the port of Miami” as a result of Gov. Ron DeSantis. Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: California’s shipping backlog is, in part, caused by a “California Truck Ban which says all trucks must be 2011 or newer and a law called AB 5 which prohibits Owner Operators.” Facebook posts stated on October 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “There are now 56 cargo freighters anchored off the coast of California from Oakland to Long Beach in what can only be considered a manufactured supply-chain halt.” The Gateway Pundit stated on June 1, 2021 in a blog post: Says Joe Biden “imports oil from Iran.” Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: “We have a higher deficit with China now than we did before.” Mark Pocan stated on December 2, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump is "waging a trade war against WI farmers -- forcing > 1600 dairy farms to close." Donald Trump stated on August 13, 2019 in a speech in Monaca, Pa.: "We were losing all our cases in the World Trade Organization. ... And then I came along. Now we’re winning a lot of cases because they know that they’re not on very solid ground." Donald Trump stated on August 13, 2019 in a speech at a chemical plant in Pennsylvania: Says the large trade deficit with Japan stems from them sending "millions of cars," while "we send them wheat," but the deficit is "changing rapidly." Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2019 in a rally: "We have been losing to China for many years, $500 billion a year. The Other 98% stated on July 24, 2018 in a Facebook post: "Trump just gave a $12 billion bailout to farmers hurt by his failed tariffs. This will cost every household in the U.S. $95 … Trump is borrowing the money from China since his tax cuts blew a trillion dollar hole in the deficit." Senate Leadership Fund stated on July 24, 2018 in a campaign ad: Says Sen. Joe Donnelly’s "family got caught outsourcing jobs to Mexico, and ‘Mexico Joe’ profited up to $80,000." Donald Trump stated on July 20, 2018 in a tweet: "The price of soybeans has fallen 50% since 5 years before the election. A big reason is bad (terrible) trade deals with other countries." Donald Trump stated on March 23, 2018 in in a news conference: "Last year we lost $500 billion on trade with China." Donald Trump stated on March 15, 2018 in a tweet: "We do have a Trade Deficit with Canada, as we do with almost all countries (some of them massive)." Laurence Tribe stated on March 2, 2018 in a tweet: President Donald "Trump’s latest set of sanctions against companies and countries benefiting North Korea includes every nation but one making shipments to (North Korea). The one nation Trump exempted from his punitive ban was . . . wait for it . . . drumroll: Russia." Stuart Varney stated on March 2, 2018 in an interview on "Fox and Friends": "Electrolux, Sweden's largest appliance maker, has just abandoned a $250 million investment in the United States because of the steel tariffs. That is retaliation." Donald Trump stated on April 26, 2017 in a tweet: "The U.S. recorded its slowest economic growth in five years (2016). GDP up only 1.6%. Trade deficits hurt the economy very badly." Donald Trump stated on January 20, 2017 in his inaugural address: "We've made other countries rich while the wealth ... of our country has dissipated over the horizon." Donald Trump stated on September 15, 2016 in an interview on Live From the State Capitol: "New York State has been horribly, horribly hurt by NAFTA" Donald Trump stated on August 13, 2016 in an interview with TV station WJAC: "NAFTA, signed by Bill Clinton, has been a disaster for Pennsylvania." Jeff Sessions stated on July 18, 2016 in the GOP convention in Cleveland: Says Hillary Clinton "has been a champion of globalist trade agreements. ... Worst of all, they are now pushing the disastrous 5,000-page Obamatrade — the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement." Sherrod Brown stated on July 3, 2016 in an interview on ABC "This Week" : Says Donald Trump made a lot of money from outsourcing jobs thanks to NAFTA "but never, ever raised his voice against it when Congress was considering it." Russ Feingold stated on May 9, 2016 in a news conference: Says Ron Johnson justifies his support of trade agreements by saying the U.S. has the Trade Adjustment Assistance program for displaced workers, but then he "voted to eliminate it." Barack Obama stated on June 29, 2016 in a press conference at the North American Leaders Summit: "During my administration, for example, we boosted U.S. exports to Canada and Mexico by about 50 percent. That supports about 2.8 million American jobs." Donald Trump stated on June 21, 2016 in a tweet: "Hillary Clinton surged the trade deficit with China 40% as Secretary of State, costing Americans millions of jobs." Joyce Beatty stated on May 25, 2016 in in a press conference: In Ohio, "each year an estimated 1,000 children become victims of human trafficking, and over 3,000 more are at risk." U.S. Dairy Export Council stated on May 9, 2016 in a press release: Says a WHO proposal "portrays milk and dairy products as an obstacle to a healthy start in life." Donald Trump stated on March 26, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times: "There’s a tremendous tax that we pay when we (American businesses) go into China, whereas when China sells to us there’s no tax." Ted Cruz stated on March 13, 2016 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": Says President Barack Obama has "been presiding over our jobs going overseas for seven years."
Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2022 in posts on social media: The United States can’t import baby formula because of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2021 in an Instagram post: A video shows “your packages were rerouted and have arrived in the port of Miami” as a result of Gov. Ron DeSantis. Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: California’s shipping backlog is, in part, caused by a “California Truck Ban which says all trucks must be 2011 or newer and a law called AB 5 which prohibits Owner Operators.” Facebook posts stated on October 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “There are now 56 cargo freighters anchored off the coast of California from Oakland to Long Beach in what can only be considered a manufactured supply-chain halt.” The Gateway Pundit stated on June 1, 2021 in a blog post: Says Joe Biden “imports oil from Iran.” Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: “We have a higher deficit with China now than we did before.” Mark Pocan stated on December 2, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump is "waging a trade war against WI farmers -- forcing > 1600 dairy farms to close." Donald Trump stated on August 13, 2019 in a speech in Monaca, Pa.: "We were losing all our cases in the World Trade Organization. ... And then I came along. Now we’re winning a lot of cases because they know that they’re not on very solid ground." Donald Trump stated on August 13, 2019 in a speech at a chemical plant in Pennsylvania: Says the large trade deficit with Japan stems from them sending "millions of cars," while "we send them wheat," but the deficit is "changing rapidly." Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2019 in a rally: "We have been losing to China for many years, $500 billion a year. The Other 98% stated on July 24, 2018 in a Facebook post: "Trump just gave a $12 billion bailout to farmers hurt by his failed tariffs. This will cost every household in the U.S. $95 … Trump is borrowing the money from China since his tax cuts blew a trillion dollar hole in the deficit." Senate Leadership Fund stated on July 24, 2018 in a campaign ad: Says Sen. Joe Donnelly’s "family got caught outsourcing jobs to Mexico, and ‘Mexico Joe’ profited up to $80,000." Donald Trump stated on July 20, 2018 in a tweet: "The price of soybeans has fallen 50% since 5 years before the election. A big reason is bad (terrible) trade deals with other countries." Donald Trump stated on March 23, 2018 in in a news conference: "Last year we lost $500 billion on trade with China." Donald Trump stated on March 15, 2018 in a tweet: "We do have a Trade Deficit with Canada, as we do with almost all countries (some of them massive)." Laurence Tribe stated on March 2, 2018 in a tweet: President Donald "Trump’s latest set of sanctions against companies and countries benefiting North Korea includes every nation but one making shipments to (North Korea). The one nation Trump exempted from his punitive ban was . . . wait for it . . . drumroll: Russia." Stuart Varney stated on March 2, 2018 in an interview on "Fox and Friends": "Electrolux, Sweden's largest appliance maker, has just abandoned a $250 million investment in the United States because of the steel tariffs. That is retaliation." Donald Trump stated on April 26, 2017 in a tweet: "The U.S. recorded its slowest economic growth in five years (2016). GDP up only 1.6%. Trade deficits hurt the economy very badly." Donald Trump stated on January 20, 2017 in his inaugural address: "We've made other countries rich while the wealth ... of our country has dissipated over the horizon." Donald Trump stated on September 15, 2016 in an interview on Live From the State Capitol: "New York State has been horribly, horribly hurt by NAFTA" Donald Trump stated on August 13, 2016 in an interview with TV station WJAC: "NAFTA, signed by Bill Clinton, has been a disaster for Pennsylvania." Jeff Sessions stated on July 18, 2016 in the GOP convention in Cleveland: Says Hillary Clinton "has been a champion of globalist trade agreements. ... Worst of all, they are now pushing the disastrous 5,000-page Obamatrade — the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement." Sherrod Brown stated on July 3, 2016 in an interview on ABC "This Week" : Says Donald Trump made a lot of money from outsourcing jobs thanks to NAFTA "but never, ever raised his voice against it when Congress was considering it." Russ Feingold stated on May 9, 2016 in a news conference: Says Ron Johnson justifies his support of trade agreements by saying the U.S. has the Trade Adjustment Assistance program for displaced workers, but then he "voted to eliminate it." Barack Obama stated on June 29, 2016 in a press conference at the North American Leaders Summit: "During my administration, for example, we boosted U.S. exports to Canada and Mexico by about 50 percent. That supports about 2.8 million American jobs." Donald Trump stated on June 21, 2016 in a tweet: "Hillary Clinton surged the trade deficit with China 40% as Secretary of State, costing Americans millions of jobs." Joyce Beatty stated on May 25, 2016 in in a press conference: In Ohio, "each year an estimated 1,000 children become victims of human trafficking, and over 3,000 more are at risk." U.S. Dairy Export Council stated on May 9, 2016 in a press release: Says a WHO proposal "portrays milk and dairy products as an obstacle to a healthy start in life." Donald Trump stated on March 26, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times: "There’s a tremendous tax that we pay when we (American businesses) go into China, whereas when China sells to us there’s no tax." Ted Cruz stated on March 13, 2016 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": Says President Barack Obama has "been presiding over our jobs going overseas for seven years."
Facebook posts stated on May 14, 2022 in posts on social media: The United States can’t import baby formula because of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Instagram posts stated on October 27, 2021 in an Instagram post: A video shows “your packages were rerouted and have arrived in the port of Miami” as a result of Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Facebook posts stated on October 13, 2021 in a Facebook post: California’s shipping backlog is, in part, caused by a “California Truck Ban which says all trucks must be 2011 or newer and a law called AB 5 which prohibits Owner Operators.”
Facebook posts stated on October 1, 2021 in a Facebook post: “There are now 56 cargo freighters anchored off the coast of California from Oakland to Long Beach in what can only be considered a manufactured supply-chain halt.”
Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate: “We have a higher deficit with China now than we did before.”
Mark Pocan stated on December 2, 2019 in a tweet: Says President Donald Trump is "waging a trade war against WI farmers -- forcing > 1600 dairy farms to close."
Donald Trump stated on August 13, 2019 in a speech in Monaca, Pa.: "We were losing all our cases in the World Trade Organization. ... And then I came along. Now we’re winning a lot of cases because they know that they’re not on very solid ground."
Donald Trump stated on August 13, 2019 in a speech at a chemical plant in Pennsylvania: Says the large trade deficit with Japan stems from them sending "millions of cars," while "we send them wheat," but the deficit is "changing rapidly."
Donald Trump stated on April 27, 2019 in a rally: "We have been losing to China for many years, $500 billion a year.
The Other 98% stated on July 24, 2018 in a Facebook post: "Trump just gave a $12 billion bailout to farmers hurt by his failed tariffs. This will cost every household in the U.S. $95 … Trump is borrowing the money from China since his tax cuts blew a trillion dollar hole in the deficit."
Senate Leadership Fund stated on July 24, 2018 in a campaign ad: Says Sen. Joe Donnelly’s "family got caught outsourcing jobs to Mexico, and ‘Mexico Joe’ profited up to $80,000."
Donald Trump stated on July 20, 2018 in a tweet: "The price of soybeans has fallen 50% since 5 years before the election. A big reason is bad (terrible) trade deals with other countries."
Donald Trump stated on March 23, 2018 in in a news conference: "Last year we lost $500 billion on trade with China."
Donald Trump stated on March 15, 2018 in a tweet: "We do have a Trade Deficit with Canada, as we do with almost all countries (some of them massive)."
Laurence Tribe stated on March 2, 2018 in a tweet: President Donald "Trump’s latest set of sanctions against companies and countries benefiting North Korea includes every nation but one making shipments to (North Korea). The one nation Trump exempted from his punitive ban was . . . wait for it . . . drumroll: Russia."
Stuart Varney stated on March 2, 2018 in an interview on "Fox and Friends": "Electrolux, Sweden's largest appliance maker, has just abandoned a $250 million investment in the United States because of the steel tariffs. That is retaliation."
Donald Trump stated on April 26, 2017 in a tweet: "The U.S. recorded its slowest economic growth in five years (2016). GDP up only 1.6%. Trade deficits hurt the economy very badly."
Donald Trump stated on January 20, 2017 in his inaugural address: "We've made other countries rich while the wealth ... of our country has dissipated over the horizon."
Donald Trump stated on September 15, 2016 in an interview on Live From the State Capitol: "New York State has been horribly, horribly hurt by NAFTA"
Donald Trump stated on August 13, 2016 in an interview with TV station WJAC: "NAFTA, signed by Bill Clinton, has been a disaster for Pennsylvania."
Jeff Sessions stated on July 18, 2016 in the GOP convention in Cleveland: Says Hillary Clinton "has been a champion of globalist trade agreements. ... Worst of all, they are now pushing the disastrous 5,000-page Obamatrade — the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement."
Sherrod Brown stated on July 3, 2016 in an interview on ABC "This Week" : Says Donald Trump made a lot of money from outsourcing jobs thanks to NAFTA "but never, ever raised his voice against it when Congress was considering it."
Russ Feingold stated on May 9, 2016 in a news conference: Says Ron Johnson justifies his support of trade agreements by saying the U.S. has the Trade Adjustment Assistance program for displaced workers, but then he "voted to eliminate it."
Barack Obama stated on June 29, 2016 in a press conference at the North American Leaders Summit: "During my administration, for example, we boosted U.S. exports to Canada and Mexico by about 50 percent. That supports about 2.8 million American jobs."
Donald Trump stated on June 21, 2016 in a tweet: "Hillary Clinton surged the trade deficit with China 40% as Secretary of State, costing Americans millions of jobs."
Joyce Beatty stated on May 25, 2016 in in a press conference: In Ohio, "each year an estimated 1,000 children become victims of human trafficking, and over 3,000 more are at risk."
U.S. Dairy Export Council stated on May 9, 2016 in a press release: Says a WHO proposal "portrays milk and dairy products as an obstacle to a healthy start in life."
Donald Trump stated on March 26, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times: "There’s a tremendous tax that we pay when we (American businesses) go into China, whereas when China sells to us there’s no tax."
Ted Cruz stated on March 13, 2016 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": Says President Barack Obama has "been presiding over our jobs going overseas for seven years."