Claim: Trade deals are negotiated in "secret" and, unlike corporate interests, politicians never invite "the leaders of the AFL-CIO or steelworkers or the mine workers to come in and sit down in these meetings."
Fact-check: Ted Strickland says trade deals done in 'secret' and without union input
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Nadia Pflaum
Date published: 2016-05-19T00:00:00