2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Gives 6 HUGE REASONS To Pick Him Over Hillary [View all]Sancho
(9,067 posts)Bernie hates all trade policies and would dump them all.
As a matter of the record, when studied by scholars, there's not a consensus (including among progressives and Democrats) that trade policies are universally bad. The US has 20 trade agreements now. Here's some of the record on the most notable policy: NAFTA . That's followed by some neutral discussions about TPP.
nafta and tpp
http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2013-12-30/nafta-20-years-after-neither-miracle-nor-disaster
http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/1212/pros-and-cons-of-nafta.aspx
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/u-s-economy-since-nafta-18-charts/
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/nafta-20-years-later-benefits-outweigh-costs/
http://www.ttgconsultants.com/articles/freetrade.html
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-06-16/what-the-proposed-pacific-trade-deal-could-mean-for-u-s-jobs
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-02-03/understanding_the_trans_pacific_partnership_and_what_the_trade_deal_could_mean_for_the_u_s_economy
Meanwhile, Hillary has a lengthy history of evaluating each trade agreement one at a time in the context of that particular situation. She has voted "yes" and supported some agreements, voted "no" and came out against other agreements, and worked to improve agreements with parts she did not think were best for the US. She has stated repeatedly that, as President, she would not sign an agreement that hurt American workers. Hillary has real experience negotiating with other countries on trade agreements. They are complex, and have to be carefully considered. Bernie is again simplistic and reactive. Bernie often talks about the Scandinavian economy. Most of the counties he espouses have trade agreements much like the ones that Obama is negotiating now: https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/countries_e/finland_e.htm
You can get started by looking at Hillary's record:
http://www.ontheissues.org/celeb/Hillary_Clinton_Free_Trade.htm