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applegrove

(118,484 posts)
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 10:11 PM Jun 2019

Business Seeks to Tame Trump on Trade

Business Seeks to Tame Trump on Trade

June 9, 2019 at 7:17 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 53 Comments


https://politicalwire.com/2019/06/09/business-seeks-to-tame-trump-on-trade/

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Jonathan Swan: “Trump’s blunt use of presidential leverage to force the Mexican government to harden its immigration enforcement appears to have caused an unintended side effect: U.S. business leaders have begun urgently discussing strategies to claw back the virtually unchecked trade powers that Congress has handed over to presidents during the past 80 years.”

“Even though the business community is now breathing a sigh of relief that Trump won’t be hitting Mexico with new tariffs, the last week of Trump’s threats may have a longer lasting effect.”

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applegrove

(118,484 posts)
1. Then Trump is a wholly owned puppet like all the other GOP dyslexics
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 10:12 PM
Jun 2019

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since and including Reagan and Bushes I and II..

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
3. Not my first choice, but glad someone is taking on the task. Now someone go after
Sun Jun 9, 2019, 10:51 PM
Jun 2019

him for racism, judiciary appointments, tax cuts, healthcare, etc.

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