Jill Stein presidential campaign, 2016#International trade

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## Contents

* 1 Stein on international trade
* 1.1 Trans-Pacific Partnership
* 2 Recent news
* 3 See also
* 4 Footnotes

See what Jill Stein and the 2016 Green Party Platform said about international trade below.

CANDIDATE SUMMARY

* Stein opposed trade agreements that moved jobs overseas and undermined wages.
* She also opposed the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

##  Stein on international trade[edit]

* During a third party debate in October 2012, Jill Stein rejected the expansion of free trade agreements. Stein said, "So, we saw the first free trade agreement, NAFTA, enacted under Bill Clinton, a Democrat. We saw it carried out under George Bush, but then we saw Barack Obama expand three free trade agreements and is now negotiating a secret free trade agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, that will continue to offshore jobs, undermine wages, and, as well, this time compromise American sovereignty with an international corporate board that can rule on our laws and regulations and say whether or not they pass muster. This is an absolute outrage against American sovereignty, democracy and our economy."[2]

* In 2012, Stein said, "A free trade agreement is free if you're a corporation. But if you're a human being, it's extremely costly because it undermines wages here and also in the countries that we're in agreement here with. It allows a lot of dumping of cheap U.S. goods. That's what generated the whole wave of undocumented immigrants into this country."[3]

##### Trans-Pacific Partnership[edit]

* On July 9, 2016, Jill Stein criticized the Democratic Party for not opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal in their platform. She tweeted, "It is shameful that the the [sic] Democratic Party cannot bring itself to reject the #TPP which puts corporations over people. #DemPlatform."[4]

* On June 22, 2016, Stein tweeted, "Purpose of TPP is to ⬆️ profits for corporations & ⬇️ wages for workers. We need just trade policies that benefit all. #LibertarianTownHall."[5]

* On May 9, 2016, Stein tweeted, "We must stop the sovereignty-stealing TPP & TPIP. Existing corporate trade agreements like NAFTA must be replaced w/ fair trade agreements."[6]

"Flush The TPP," March 24, 2015.

* On March 24, 2015, Stein released the ad, "Flush the TPP." In the ad, she said, "If you think corporate personhood is a bad idea, just wait for corporate nationhood. In fact right now, the Obama administration and bipartisan supporters are trying to ram through Congress a secret global deal, the Trans Pacific Partnership or TPP. This backroom deal gives corporations more power than nations. It lets multinational corporations, foreign powers, overrule our laws including critical protections for workers, our health and the environment. For the safety of our food, our air and our water, the security of our bank accounts, our access to the Internet and so much more; it even overrides the Constitution. People call it NAFTA on steroids because it intensifies the offshoring of our jobs and the downward pressure on wages. It enforces this new world governance by creating a special global court, consisting of three super-judges appointed by the World Bank. In short the TPP is a Trojan horse for a global corporate coup."[7]

* During a debate in October 2012, Stein called the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal "an absolute outrage against American sovereignty, democracy and our economy." She said, "So, if the question is how to stop the outsourcing of our jobs, you know, it’s very clear we need to stop expanding the free trade agreements that send our jobs overseas and which also undermine wages here at home by effectively threatening workers that if they don’t drop their wages and their benefits, that their jobs are gone. So, we saw the first free trade agreement, NAFTA, enacted under Bill Clinton, a Democrat. We saw it carried out under George Bush, but then we saw Barack Obama expand three free trade agreements and is now negotiating a secret free trade agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, that will continue to offshore jobs, undermine wages, and, as well, this time compromise American sovereignty with an international corporate board that can rule on our laws and regulations and say whether or not they pass muster. This is an absolute outrage against American sovereignty, democracy and our economy. We need to turn the free trade agreements into fair trade agreements. And again, the Green New Deal will create the community-based jobs we need here, supporting small businesses, worker co-operatives, and public services and worker—and public works to put people back to work right now, for the cost—less than the cost of the first stimulus package."[8]

* Read what other presidential candidates have said about international trade.

The 2016 Green Party Platform on international trade

| “  | 3\. Foreign Policy—Trade

We urge our government to do the following:

a. Re-formulate all international trade relations and commerce as currently upheld by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) to protect the labor, human rights, economy, environment and domestic industry of partner and recipient nations so that the growth of local industry and agriculture has the advantage over foreign corporate domination. The U.S. government should call for replacing the WTO, IMF, and World Bank with new institutions that are democratic, transparent, and accountable to the citizens of all nations.

b. While the IMF and World Bank still exist in their current forms, re-structure the rules of performance of the IMF/WB to end the debts of recipient nations, prohibit the use of IMF/WB loans to impose structural adjustment programs that emphasize debt service and export-led development at the expense of social needs, and to install strict standards in the IMF/WB that control the use of grants or loans to prevent fraud, misuse, and subversion of funds by recipient governments.

c. Re-write the rules for investment of corporate capital in projects operated under the IMF/WB to guarantee the rights of the citizens of the nations receiving the investment and their right to public ownership and control of their own resources.

d. Mandate and protect labor's right to organize, create unions and negotiate with management in all countries receiving U.S. investment, and require U.S. corporations that operate in other countries to adhere to the core labor standards established by the International Labor Organization (ILO) Declaration of the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.

e. Legislate and enable oversight by an independent agency or a labor union to verify that foreign workers' rights are protected.

f. At home, secure the rights of our states to establish stricter standards for health, safety, and for the environment than those of our national government, and to protect themselves against substandard, imported goods.

g. Secure the right of states and municipalities to refuse to invest in foreign businesses that do not abide by their standards for imported goods, fair trade, and environmental protection.

h. Prohibit U.S. corporations from avoiding or evading payment of their taxes by banking abroad or locating their charters offshore.

i. Every day over $1 trillion dollars circles the globe in currency trade—wreaking havoc on low-economy nations —without obligation to sustainable investment. We seek to restrict the unfettered flow of capital and currency trade, and levy the Tobin tax of .05% on cross border currency transactions. [See section E. 2. Fair Taxation in chapter IV]

j. We support the funding and expansion of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in their missions to educate and train people of less developed nations in initiating local business and economic development, and in providing health care and family planning.

k. Under the agency of the United Nations, we demand that our government renew and initiate government funding and support for family planning, contraception, and abortion in all countries that request it.

l. We reject the U.S. government's economic blockade of Cuba. We ask the U.S. Congress to lift the embargo and restore normal diplomatic relations and respect for national sovereignty, and demand that the U.S. government end its veto of U.N. resolutions pertaining to Cuba.[9]

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—2016 Green Party Platform[10]

## Recent news[edit]

This section links to a Google news search for the term Jill + Stein + Trade

Jill Stein Trade News Feed

## See also[edit]

* Jill Stein
* Jill Stein presidential campaign, 2016

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Democracy Now, "Green Party’s Jill Stein Announces She Is Running for President," June 22, 2015
2. ↑ Democracy Now, "Exclusive: Expanding the Debate with Third-Party Candidates Jill Stein, Virgil Goode, Rocky Anderson," October 17, 2012
3. ↑ Green Party, "Jill Stein, 'Wake Up'," accessed July 6, 2015
4. ↑ Twitter, "Jill Stein," accessed July 11, 2016
5. ↑ Twitter, "Jill Stein," accessed July 11, 2016
6. ↑ Twitter, "Jill Stein," accessed July 11, 2016
7. ↑ P2016.org, "Jill Stein for President: Flush the TPP," accessed July 11, 2016
8. ↑ Democracy Now, "Exclusive: Expanding the Debate with Third-Party Candidates Jill Stein, Virgil Goode, Rocky Anderson," October 17, 2012
9. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
10. ↑ Green Party, "The 2016 Green Party Platform," accessed August 23, 2016

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