Trump isolated in his push for tariffs on foreign cars

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Administration officials opposed to the tariffs hope a visit by the European Commission president this week could head off a bruising trade war.

By BEN WHITE 07/22/2018 06:54 AM EDT

President Donald Trump’s threat to slap massive tariffs on imported cars and auto parts will rocket back into the spotlight this week with a high-stakes visit to the White House by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, who is expected to bring with him some kind of concessions from the European Union designed to make it easier on Trump to declare victory and back off.

White House officials opposed to the auto tariffs have high hopes that Juncker’s visit could head off a bruising automotive trade war, which even some of Trump’s top advisers think could be potentially disastrous, raising car prices and destabilizing a thriving industry on the eve of the midterm elections.

“There is not a lot of support for the auto tariffs internally,” one senior administration official said. “There are many people who don’t want to see it go through.” This person said U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, who generally supports the president’s aggressive trade policy, is among those skeptical of the auto tariffs. The official, who wasn't authorized to speak publicly on the issue, declined to be identified by name.

The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/22/trump-foreign-car-tariffs-juncker-735555

The traitor hates the EU.......................and he is not going to listen to this EU president.................Russia hates the EU...................
the EU is part of NATO.................enough said



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[Wellstone ruled]

1. I guess those Million plus Auto Worker Jobs

mean zip,nadda,don't give a rats ass to Trump. But,remember it was Obama who saved these jobs,so,Trump will do his best to wipe out that idea.

[malaise]

2. How dare foreigners make

Better cars or worse locals building them in the US.

He's an idiot.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Someone did a relationship

study in Auto's as to the hard number of associated spin off jobs in relation to a single Assembly line job.. That number is north of ten to one. And that is only US related jobs.

In Ag Econ,we used to use seven to one for every farmer,guess is that number is more like ten to one now.

[malaise]

4. He's a moron

a menace to the planet

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Nothing more than Spite.

Heard all his bullshit arguments during the seventies and all the way to the nineties. Once Fake Noise came on the scene,and their main goal is Propaganda nothing more nothing less.

Trump has created himself in the mold of PT Barnum with a healthy dose of Stupid,something tells me he is suffering some type of Mental issue.

[NCDem47]

5. I'm going to venture to say

That the Republican governors, senators and US Representives from South Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee will be hearing, or have heard, from BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and VW on the thousands of US jobs that are on the line if Trump pulls this crap. Those are some deep red states!