Hillary Clinton Says Any Trade Deal Should Boost Jobs, Wages
She and her team have been cautious about weighing in on the issue, aware they're balancing the competing views of business and labor.
Clinton: Trade Deal Has to Produce Jobs
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CONCORD, N.H.—Hillary Clinton wouldn't say Tuesday whether she supports the trade measure working its way through Congress but did offer some criteria she'd use to judge it.
"Any trade deal has to produce jobs and raise wages and increase prosperity and protect our security," said the former secretary of state, who was part of the Obama administration's initial efforts to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership. "And we have to do our part in making sure we have the capabilities and skills to be competitive."