Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer tells President Donald Trump to “hang tough” after the president threatens more tariffs on Chinese goods.
The president’s move to put more duties on Chinese products comes ahead of planned trade talks between Washington and Beijing.
Other top Democrats, including 2020 presidential candidates, have not yet reacted to Trump’s tariff threat.
No major 2020 Democratic presidential candidates immediately reacted to Trump’s tariff threat, either. But China has played a role in the race to take on Trump: former Vice President Joe Biden’s recent comments downplaying the threat posed by Beijing sparked criticism from Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent whose trade views overlap with the president’s.
Democrats who, like Trump, have criticized free trade’s effect on American workers have to tread carefully during the early days of the primary. In Iowa, which will hold the first presidential nominating contest in February, farmers have taken a beating from the trade conflict with China and have urged Trump to strike an agreement. But protectionist rhetoric plays well in key general election states such as Pennsylvania and Michigan, which have lost manufacturing jobs.
The president’s move to put more duties on Chinese products comes ahead of planned trade talks between Washington and Beijing.
Other top Democrats, including 2020 presidential candidates, have not yet reacted to Trump’s tariff threat.
No major 2020 Democratic presidential candidates immediately reacted to Trump’s tariff threat, either. But China has played a role in the race to take on Trump: former Vice President Joe Biden’s recent comments downplaying the threat posed by Beijing sparked criticism from Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent whose trade views overlap with the president’s.
Democrats who, like Trump, have criticized free trade’s effect on American workers have to tread carefully during the early days of the primary. In Iowa, which will hold the first presidential nominating contest in February, farmers have taken a beating from the trade conflict with China and have urged Trump to strike an agreement. But protectionist rhetoric plays well in key general election states such as Pennsylvania and Michigan, which have lost manufacturing jobs.