--- title: Donald Trump: Read Donald Trump's Speech on Trade description: Read Donald Trump's full remarks from his trade speech in Pennsylvania canonical: https://time.com/4386335/donald-trump-trade-speech-transcript/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-28T20:55:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:20.497Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Donald Trump's Speech on Trade og:description: Trump spoke out against free trade deals og:url: https://time.com/4386335/donald-trump-trade-speech-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88e0161ead30f93d/698899cd8e060168194667a5/trump-monessen.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Donald Trump's Speech on Trade twitter:description: Trump spoke out against free trade deals twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88e0161ead30f93d/698899cd8e060168194667a5/trump-monessen.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Donald Trump's Speech on Trade > Sponsored content. 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Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop at Alumisource, a metals recycling facility in Monessen, PA, June 28, 2016. Keith Srakocic—AP by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 28, 2016 8:55 PM UTC Donald Trump spoke in Monessen, Penn., Tuesday afternoon, detailing [his plan to rewrite global trade rules](http://time.com/4385989/donald-trump-trade-china-speech/) and revitalize the American economy. “Hillary Clinton unleashed a trade war against the American worker when she supported one terrible trade deal after another – from NAFTA to China to South Korea,” he said. “A Trump Administration will end that war by getting a fair deal for the American people. 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