Political Stances on Protectionist Trade
Politicians Who Oppose Protectionist Trade
Chris Christie
“And I will say this about what I heard from Nikki [Haley] earlier. She said that Donald Trump was good on trade.He wasn’t. And the proof that he wasn’t good on trade with China is that all he did was impose tariffs, which raise the prices for every American. You want to know what has contributed to inflation in this country? Yes, it’s more government spending. Yes, it’s the fact that we’re printing too much money. Absolutely. But it is also the increase in prices that were driven by Donald Trump’s tariffs.And one last thing. You can’t say he was good on trade because he didn’t … change one Chinese policy in the process. He failed on it.”
Joe Biden
“Trumps tariff war with China is crushing American farmers. It’s easy to talk tough when someone else feels the pain. We need to be tough AND smartworking with allies to curb Chinas abusive trade practices, not isolating us from our closest partners.”
Larry Elder
“The @realDonaldTrump’s “solution” to China “trade imbalance” is INSANE! GOP rivals are strangely silent:http://youtu.be/7DhagKyvDck#FreeTrade”
Marianne Williamson
“Im all for disbanding police departments as they now exist but we need to remember a piece of history. When the US invaded Iraq we disbanded their army, and those former army forces created ISIS. The last thing we need is thousands of angry excops forming a militia of their own.”
Nikki Haley
“This is a man [Trump] who now wants to go and put 10% tariffs across the board, raising taxes on every single American. Think about that for a second. What Donald Trumps about to do, is hes going to raise every households expenses by $2,600 a year. Its going to raise the cost of anything from baby strollers to appliances, under Donald Trump. Middle-class families cant afford that.”
Vivek Ramaswamy
“I have no problem with the existence and purchase of electric vehicles. But I do have a problem with a subsidized industry that falsely tilts the scales towards China. We depend on China for rare earth minerals, and mineral oil refining capacity in order to provide those electric vehicles in the United States. So when you, as taxpayers, subsidize EVs, we are actually subsidizing the Chinese Communist Party on whom we rely for the production of those EVs. The same story for the solar panels in this country.”