Hillary Clinton would most likely fall into the somewhat schizophrenic tradition of her Democratic predecessors on free trade. Hearing her criticize Obama’s Trans-Pacific trade deal at the first Democratic debate Tuesday, it was hard not to draw parallels with Obama’s and Bill Clinton’s stands on free trade when they were candidates. “It was just finally negotiated last week, and in looking at it, it didn’t meet my standards,” Hillary Clinton said. “I want to make sure that I can look into the eyes of any middle-class American and say, ‘This will help raise your wages.’ And I concluded I could not.”
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