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Barack Obama stated on April 13, 2012 in a speech at Port of Tampa:

"We've brought trade cases against China at nearly twice the rate as the last administration."

By Becky Bowers • April 18, 2012

Tim Ryan stated on September 27, 2022 in a campaign ad:

“I voted with Trump on trade.”

By Jon Greenberg • October 4, 2022

Facebook posts stated on July 12, 2021 in a Facebook post:

U.S. sanctions mean “Cuba can’t trade with any country or any company whatsoever.”

By Gabrielle Settles • July 19, 2021

Facebook posts stated on April 24, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Social media posts stated: “Remember Kamala telling Joe during the debate, ‘You will do whatever the Chinese tell you! They gave your son over a billion dollars.’”

By Sasha Hupka • April 30, 2021

Joe Biden stated on September 29, 2020 in the first presidential debate:

“We have a higher deficit with China now than we did before.”

By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2020

Facebook posts stated on April 23, 2020 in a viral image circulating on social media attributing comments to Barack Obama:

Says President Barack Obama "signed the medical appliance tax bill that forced companies to outsource manufacturing of masks, gowns, gloves and ventilaors [sic] to China, Europe and Russia to avoid the tax.”

By Victoria Knight • May 1, 2020

Facebook posts stated on February 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Trump’s farmer bailout is now twice the size of Obama’s GM bailout. The big difference is GM paid their bailout back — with interest.”

By Tom Kertscher • February 26, 2020

Joe Biden stated on June 11, 2019 in a campaign speech:

"In the Obama-Biden administration, we got China to cut cyber-theft -- it's gotten significantly worse under this administration."

By Tom Kertscher • June 14, 2019

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."

By Lucia Geng • August 1, 2018

Donald Trump stated on April 9, 2018 in in a tweet:

"When a car is sent to the United States from China, there is a Tariff to be paid of 2 1/2%. When a car is sent to China from the United States, there is a Tariff to be paid of 25%."

By John Kruzel • April 9, 2018

Leah Vukmir stated on January 25, 2018 in an article :

Says Sen. Tammy Baldwin "claims to support a 'Buy America' philosophy, but her actions speak louder than her empty words."

By D.L. Davis • March 12, 2018

Don Beyer stated on November 8, 2016 in an interview.:

"We have trade agreements with 20 countries, and we have trade surpluses with each one of those 20."

By Warren Fiske • November 28, 2016

Kasim Reed stated on September 16, 2016 in a White House press conference:

"If you look at any real analysis," the Trans-Pacific Partnership is "going to generate better-paying jobs that are more stable."

By PolitiFact Staff • September 30, 2016

Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention:

"America has lost nearly one third of its manufacturing jobs since 1997, following the enactment of disastrous trade deals supported by Bill and Hillary Clinton."

By Jon Greenberg • July 22, 2016

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."

By Linda Qiu • July 19, 2016

Donald Trump stated on June 28, 2016 in a speech in Monessen, Penn.:

"As Bernie Sanders said, Hillary Clinton ‘voted for virtually every trade agreement that has cost the workers of this country millions, millions of jobs.’ "

By Linda Qiu • June 29, 2016

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."

By Louis Jacobson, Taylor Leighton • June 28, 2016

Ted Strickland stated on May 9, 2016 in a campaign stop at Steelworkers 1104 in Lorain, Ohio:

Trade deals are negotiated in "secret" and, unlike corporate interests, politicians never invite "the leaders of the AFL-CIO or steelworkers or the mine workers to come in and sit down in these meetings."

By Nadia Pflaum • May 19, 2016

Bernie Sanders stated on April 10, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says Hillary Clinton voted "for virtually every trade agreement that has cost the workers of this country millions of jobs."

By Linda Qiu • April 10, 2016

Donald Trump stated on April 4, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times:

China is "in the South China Sea and (building) a military fortress the likes of which perhaps the world has not seen."

By Linda Qiu • April 4, 2016

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New electric vehicle tax credit rules aim to reduce dependence on China, but present new obstacles

By Matthew Crowley, Tom Kertscher • May 1, 2023

Fact-checking claims about Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, and China

By Louis Jacobson • October 19, 2020

Hunter Biden and China: Sorting through a murky business deal

By Louis Jacobson • May 22, 2020

Fact-checking Bernie Sanders’ attacks on Joe Biden over trade, Social Security differences

By Jon Greenberg • March 4, 2020

Was NAFTA ‘worst trade deal ever’? Few agree

By Jon Greenberg • September 29, 2016

5 fact-checks about foreign trade, TPP, and China

By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 12, 2016

Previewing President Obama’s final State of the Union address

By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 11, 2016

Lie of the Year: the Romney campaign’s ad on Jeeps made in China

By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 13, 2012

Lie of the Year: the Romney campaign’s ad on Jeeps made in China

By Angie Drobnic Holan • December 12, 2012

Does Obama ‘demonize,’ ‘denigrate’ almost every sector of our economy?

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