Posted on 06/07/2019 6:31:50 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Even with President Donald Trump backing off his threat to slap tariffs on goods from Mexico, his transformation of Republican Party trade policy is nearly complete.
Republican lawmakers usually don’t like tariffs. They’re viewed as a tax on consumers and unwanted government intervention in free trade. But many Republicans, unwilling to buck Trump, were prepared to follow the president’s lead and support 5% tariffs on Mexico in his dispute over illegal immigration.
But after Trump returned Friday from Europe, he tweeted: “I am pleased to inform you that The United States of America has reached a signed agreement with Mexico. The Tariffs scheduled to be implemented by the U.S. on Monday, against Mexico, are hereby indefinitely suspended.” […]
“I’m a free trader, but I want equal access,” said Georgia GOP Sen. David Perdue, a former Fortune 500 business executive and close ally of Trump.
“What we’re talking about here is trying to change behavior,” he said. “Here, we need the Mexican government to help us with this avalanche of people that’s coming.”
Said Florida GOP Sen. Rick Scott: “I don’t like it, but I’m going to support the president. … I want border security.” …
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An agreement was signed with Mexico.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
“...indefinitely suspended...”
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Only “suspended”....they can be resurrected should Mexico later be shown to be pulling a fast one.
Now all the COWARDLY RINOs can lie and say they supported the threat of tariffs all along. LIARS!
Trump just doing the job Congress refused to do. All the Republicans can come out from under their desks.
“Permit free trade between all nations regardless of communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.”This is the RINO definition of free trade; there is no mistake about that. Therefore, RINO = communist. (Not an affirmation of consequent fallacy.)
— Communist goal #4
Don’t allow these never-Trumpers to change the point.
These tariffs are not about protectionism, nor are they anti-free trade.
They are meant for diplomatic negotiating leverage and to encourage freer and fairer trade. It’s not for the revenues or to protect domestic producers - if it were the tariffs would not be against specific countries, they would be imposed on entire classes of imports from many or all countries.
This is not the first article I’ve seen where someone is using this “anti-free-trade” argument. That is just ignorant of (or to distract from) the issues that caused Trump to put them on in the first place.
Ted Cruz said no Republican senators supported Trump on the Mexican tariff.
Ted Cruz is one sick puppy. The Chamber of Commerce is more important to him than his constituents.
Asspress loved NAFTA and GATT.
dirty RINOs “Oh, we were with DJT alllllll the way!”
There is a reason the drunken Irish Transvestite was competitive against Ted in the Senate election.
That reason is because this is who Ted really is.
When you say “refused”, rest assured it was a refusal and a blatant one at that.
He should have called them “economic sanctions.”
Nobody minds those.
maybe this is the wall?
Unless they’re on Iran of course.
“backing off his threat”.
No, no, no..he didn’t back off anything, you dumb leftards. He won, they lost. And by extension you lost too because you wanted him to lose.
It’s not for the revenues or to protect domestic producers - if it were the tariffs would not be against specific countries, they would be imposed on entire classes of imports from many or all countries.
I would have thought is common actually at least trying it out as a result of a campaign promise by some politician
Exactly.
“Only “suspended”....they can be resurrected should Mexico later be shown to be pulling a fast one.”
For a change, WE should be he ones pulling a fast one.
Put the tariffs in on Monday.
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