From Florida to Wisconsin to Washington state, Trump risks threatening the very industries he pledged to protect on the campaign trail
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Canada and China have slapped the US with retaliatory tariffs in response to President Trump's tariffs and the result could adversely impact the American consumer's bottom line https://t.co/YLHDSai53U pic.twitter.com/1bgmUuFPWi
— CNN (@CNN) July 2, 2018
The EU criticizes the Trump administration for considering tariffs on auto imports, saying they could lead to global retaliation against some $300 billion in U.S. goods. https://t.co/2PuM4qKaGZ pic.twitter.com/xJFQy01cAL
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) July 2, 2018
The president of the Chamber of Commerce on Trump’s tariffs: “The administration is threatening to undermine the economic progress it worked so hard to achieve. We should seek free and fair trade, but this is just not the way to do it.” https://t.co/LA0CQsLYgS
— Axios (@axios) July 2, 2018
Excellent NYT look at the early U.S. impact of the steel/aluminum tariffs: "Mr. Farrer has halted all hiring, leaving about 30 positions unfilled, and has canceled, at least for now, a major capital purchase…Vaughn has similarly put a brake on hiring…" https://t.co/4Z8x9McyTP
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 5, 2018
From Florida to Wisconsin to Washington state, Trump risks threatening the very industries he pledged to protect on the campaign trail https://t.co/ncMaJD5s8i
— Axios (@axios) July 8, 2018
From hopeful to concerned: How the lobstermen in Maine are being impacted by Trump's trade war with China.
The latest from @VaughnHillyard pic.twitter.com/61URfkBcNl
— Kasie DC (@KasieDC) July 9, 2018
Problem for Trump: BMW is a major employer in South Carolina. This is currently the most popular article on The Post and Courier website in Charleston:
"BMW increasing production in China and raising prices on SC-made SUVs in response to tariffs" https://t.co/UcafVaTAkY
— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) July 10, 2018
Miraculously, Ivanka Trump’s business is somehow exempt from President Trump’s tariffs. https://t.co/8HT7nyyUHa
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) July 10, 2018
BMW joins the list of auto companies moving production overseas due to Trump's tariffs https://t.co/5jspjSehXc
— Axios (@axios) July 10, 2018
One place that Trump's tariffs are helping: Granite City, Illinois, where U.S. Steel is adding back 800 jobs. https://t.co/oeWy36JEb9
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 8, 2018
Trump’s trade war is wreaking havoc on the dairy farmers he says he wants to help. https://t.co/9nPLKdOc32 pic.twitter.com/E1p1vVcrAu
— Slate (@Slate) July 8, 2018
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These tariffs are the idea of Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller. Two white nationalist sympathizers are determining the course of the nation.
They're not the only ones we also have the unions to blame.
"For too long, our political leaders have talked about the problem, but have largely left enforcement of our trade laws up to the private sector," said the Steelworkers' statement. "This is not what hard-working Americans want from their government."
AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka echoed those sentiments. "We applaud the administration's efforts to fix this problem."
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued the following statement on President Trump’s decision to impose tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports:
For years, we have called attention to the predatory practices of some steel exporting countries. Such practices hurt working people and cheat companies that produce in the U.S. We applaud the administration's efforts today to fix this problem. Effective enforcement of trade laws, including section 232, is critical to leveling the playing field and ensuring that U.S. steel producers and their employees have a fair shot in the global economy. Secretary Ross, Ambassador Lighthizer and Director Navarro have rightly advocated for these actions despite opposition from the Wall Street wing of the administration. This is a great first step toward addressing trade cheating, and we will continue to work with the administration on rewriting trade rules to benefit working people.
Trump should be in trade negotiations with any country that is taking advantage of the US, not just haphazardly slapping on tariffs without thought about the consequences. He wants personal glory, and that is all it is about.
In other words he should be fixing the shit deals Obama, Bush, and Clinton put in place that got the US into this mess.
But of course orange conman toddler in chief and family are not affected.
Why aren't their clothes made here with all the maga bs.
Not true they use steel in construction of his real estate development projects.
Yes they do and Trump buys the majority of the steel from China.
Dean, it's always enjoyable to see the myths you people have about your Scumbag demolished right in front of your eyes and also knowing that truth will never stop you for being suckered by him again.
Tariff woes mean nothing. The Trump base will hold. Gerrymandering and voter suppression will rule the day. TGOP is invincible.
When the smaller farmers get hit and some of them are forced into bankruptcy, the message will be, "Pelosi, Schumer, Clinton and Obama did it." And the 'big agri-businesses' will gobble up the small fry.
This is Supply Side in all of its magnificent glory.