Trump: “I’m Not A NAFTA Fan, I’m Not A World Trade Organization Fan.” TRUMP: “Yeah, I think certain areas do thrive. I think certain areas are not. I mean, I'm not a NAFTA fan, I'm not a World Trade Organization fan. I'm really a big trade fan. I think we should be trading, but we should be trading on a fair basis. We're not trading on a fair basis right now. Look, the United States has been a sucker for many, many years on world trade. That's why our deficits are so--you know, in China, we lose a hundred billion dollars to China, and then we have a problem with North Korea, and China won't help us because nobody speaks to them properly. Not tough, properly.”[This Week, ABC, 12/5/99] TARIFFS Club For Growth: Trump Called For A 20% Tax On Imported Goods And A “Twenty-Five Percent Tax On China, Unless They Behave.” “Trump on Trade Trump has called for ‘a 20% tax for importing goods,’ and a ‘Twenty-five percent tax on China, unless they behave.’” [The Club For Growth press release, 6/16/15] USA Today: “[Trump] Boasted He Would Have Blocked New Ford Plants In Mexico By Threatening To Impose A 35% Tax On Vehicles And Parts Made In Mexico And Shipped To The U.S. But Only Congress Can Impose Taxes And Such A Tax Would Violate The North American Free Trade Agreement.”[USA Today, 6/16/15] TRUMP SAID HE WOULD RELY ON TARIFFS TO KEEP JOBS FROM MOVING OVERSEAS Trump Would Use Tariffs To Keep Companies From Moving Overseas. “Pressed by Cuomo on how exactly he'd get American companies to stop building factories overseas, where labor is cheaper, Trump said he'd slap the companies with tariffs and communicate with them.” [CNN, 8/19/15] • CNN Money: Trump’s Massive Tariffs “Would Start An Immediate Trade War That Would Likely Hurt American Jobs And Exports.” “Trump's big claim is that he will bring back American jobs -- ‘from China, from Mexico, from Japan, from so many places.’ If you listen closely, Trump has proposed doing this two ways: slapping tariffs on foreign goods and negotiating better trade deals. In his campaign announcement speech, he threatened a 35% tax on Ford (F) vehicles made in Mexico that are brought back to the U.S. to be sold, and in 2011, he has made headlines for suggesting a 25% tariff on goods coming from China to the U.S. At face value, what Trump has proposed would start an immediate trade war that would likely hurt American jobs and exports.” [CNN Money, 7/28/15] 1989: TRUMP CALLED FOR 15 TO 20 PERCENT TARIFFS ON GOODS FROM JAPAN AND ANY OTHER NATION THAT ABUSES THE U.S. Trump Advocated 15 To 20% Tariffs On “All Of The Many Nations That Abuse The United States,” Especially Japan. TRUMP: “The top ten banks in the world are Japanese banks.” SAWYER: “But it's all right if they continue to invest at the current rate?” TRUMP: “I think investment is fine, but I think we should take plenty of their money so they won't be able to invest as much. I believe very strongly in tariffs. I believe that Japan - and I'm not just saying Japan. I'm saying that all of the many nations that abuse the United States should pay a major tax - like a 15 or a 20 percent tax on any product they sell in the United States. I'm using Japan as an example. Japan is not even the worst abuser. If you look at West Germany, if you look at Saudi Arabia, if you look at so many of the other countries, South Korea, they are absolutely Confidential Page 180