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IN
TONIGHT'S
TRUTH CHECK.
REPORTER: DEMOCRAT BERNIE
SANDERS HAS
CONSISTENTLY
ATTACKED TRADE DEALS LIKE NAFTA
SAYING THEY'VE ELIMINATED
MILLIONS OF JOBS.
BUT MOST ECONOMISTS SAY HE IS
EXAGGERATING THE IMPACT OF THOSE
>> THE
NAFTA TRADE TREATY
850,000 JOBS LOST.
REPORTER: THAT IS MOSTLY
FALSE.
THE BERNIE SANDERS CAMPAIGN
SITES A STUDY BY
A LABOR-BACKED
ORGANIZATION.
MOST INDEPENDENT STUDIES FOUND
ON
EMPLOYMENT.
A CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
STUDY SAYS NAFTA DID NOT CAUSE
CRITICS.
>> SPECIAL TRADE STATUS WITH
LOST.
REPORTER: UNCERTAIN.
ECONOMISTS AGREE INCREASED CHINA
BUT THEY
DIFFER ON THE NUMBERS.
HOWEVER, GIVING CHINA SPECIAL
LITTLE TO
DO WITH THE EMPLOYMENT ISSUES
ECONOMISTS.
ALSO THEY SAY INCREASED CHINA
TRADE HAS HAD
BENEFITS?
NOW THE TRANSPACIFIC TRADE DEAL
AMERICA 448,000 MORE
JOBS.
REPORTER: UNCERTAIN.
SANDERS SITES A UNIVERSITY
STUDY.
BUT MOST OTH ECONOMISTS WHO
LOOKED AT THE TRADE DEAL SAYS
THAT STUDY IS WRONG.
A HARVAR
ECONOMIST SAYS THERE
WILL BE NO JOBS LOST AND MORE
LIKELY THERE WILL BE AN INCREA
IN EMPLOYMENT.
ANOTHER STUDY SAYS THE TRADE
DEAL WILL MEAN A ONE THOUSAND
DOLLAR PER YEAR BOOST IN
AVERAGE
HOUSEHOLD INCOME.
IN GENERAL ECONOMISTS SAY TRADE
DEALS
DO ELIMINATE SOME JOBS BUT
THEY CREATE OTHERS.
OVERALL THEY SAY THE ECONOMY
BENEFITS FROM FREE TRADE BUT
PAIN OF THOSE WHO HAVE LOST