Akin Gump Political Report Highlights Presidential Candidates' Trade Stances
Akin Gump released its 2016 Pre-Election Political Report, which interprets presidential candidates Hillary Clinton’s and Donald Trump’s positions on issues including international trade (here). The law firm said Trump’s hard-line stance on trade rejects the bipartisan approach toward the issue…
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that Democratic and Republican presidents have followed since 1934, and noted that most scholars believe his approach would hurt the U.S. economy and geopolitics in the face of a strong China. In contrast, the report says, Clinton’s approach to trade doesn’t represent a wholesale rejection of executive branch precedents on the issue, but rather involves a more nuanced approach.