The document also asserts that Trump’s action
Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2025 7:48 am
The document is also deeply critical of the free trade policies that many Republicans have supported for decades, and suggests they argue that they were a failure.
“Foreign trade and economic practices have created a national emergency, and President Trump’s order imposes responsive tariffs to strengthen the international economic position of the United States and protect American workers,” the document reads, adding that they have led to the “selling out of the middle class and “the decline of small towns across America.”
Some of the talking points are contradictory. The document argues the tariffs “will usher in a reshoring renaissance, expanding our manufacturing base and creating new high-paying jobs” while also claiming Trump is “laser-focused on increasing foreign market access for U.S. stakeholders to restore and grow American exports” — suggesting tariffs will eventually be lowered in special lead some cases to maintain that market access.
Will strengthen “agricultural supply chains,” along with other trade, even as some Republicans on Capitol Hill note that the new wave of tariffs will drive up the cost of fertilizer, a key farm input, in the short term.
Lead Art: President Donald Trump is handed a chart by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick displaying reciprocal tariffs between the U.S. and foreign countries during a "Make America Wealthy Again" event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025. | Francis Chung/POLITICO
“Foreign trade and economic practices have created a national emergency, and President Trump’s order imposes responsive tariffs to strengthen the international economic position of the United States and protect American workers,” the document reads, adding that they have led to the “selling out of the middle class and “the decline of small towns across America.”
Some of the talking points are contradictory. The document argues the tariffs “will usher in a reshoring renaissance, expanding our manufacturing base and creating new high-paying jobs” while also claiming Trump is “laser-focused on increasing foreign market access for U.S. stakeholders to restore and grow American exports” — suggesting tariffs will eventually be lowered in special lead some cases to maintain that market access.
Will strengthen “agricultural supply chains,” along with other trade, even as some Republicans on Capitol Hill note that the new wave of tariffs will drive up the cost of fertilizer, a key farm input, in the short term.
Lead Art: President Donald Trump is handed a chart by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick displaying reciprocal tariffs between the U.S. and foreign countries during a "Make America Wealthy Again" event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025. | Francis Chung/POLITICO