Trump Stands Firm as Tariffs Kick In

[DonViejo]

July 2, 2018 at 7:27 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

“President Trump defiantly stood by his tariffs on Sunday as Canada hit back hard, Mexico elected a new leader who seems prepared to confront him, and the European Union issued a scathing condemnation of his policy as ‘in effect, a tax on the American people,'” the Washington Post reports.

“Instead of backing down, Trump brushed off the mounting pressure from businesses and world leaders to scale back the taxes before they cause additional job losses and slower economic growth.”

Associated Press: “Some U.S. products, mostly steel and iron, face 25% tariffs, the same penalty the United States slapped on imported steel at the end of May. Other U.S. imports, from ketchup to pizza to dishwasher detergent, will face a 10% tariff at the Canadian border, the same as America’s tax on imported aluminum.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2018/07/02/trump-stands-firm-as-tariffs-kick-in/

[DetlefK]

1. Of course he does. It's not his money that's on the line.

[vi5]

2. How exactly did these tariffs pass again? How did they get enacted?

I've been asking but never get an answer. How is it these tariffs can go into place without congress voting on them?

Executive order? I thought the President couldn't act unilaterally? "He's not a dictator" right? Yet here we are with immigration policies, with economic policies that were never voted on by congress.

[beachbum bob]

3. the trump tariff tax on american consumers and the trump job-loss and business-closure program

we already have the trump "gas-tax" with run up on world oil prices


the markets are starting to weigh in on this moron