GOP senators acknowledge that Trump's latest tariffs on Chinese imports are harming farm state economies, their own constituents and some of Trump’s most reliable voters. But they have no plan to stop a trade war they oppose.
Senate Republicans acknowledge that the president’s latest tariff increase on Chinese imports
“They can feel it. The farm community up ‘til now has really supported the president without flinching. But eventually you flinch,” said Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt, the No. 4 GOP leader whose state is a major soybean producer. Yet he concluded: “If you’re going to have a trade fight, the trade fight to have would be the China fight.”
Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley has vowed to block the president’s new North American trade deal as long as steel and aluminum tariffs remain on Mexico and Canada, but Trump has ignored his ultimatum. poster="http://v.politico.com/images/1155968404/201905/1116/1155968404_6036256942001_6036256672001-vs.jpg?pubId=1155968404""The retaliatory tariffs will have a significant consequence to Kansans,” said Sen. Jerry Moran . He said the Senate can only do so much besides make their case to the White House: “Really this authority rests in the president.”
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