"We have the right to another $325 billion at 25 percent in additional tariffs," Mr. Trump said, just hours after China announced it would add tariffs to $60 billion of American exports to the Chinese, as the trade tit-for-tat roiled Wall Street for much of Monday.
"I love the position we're in," as the President seemed to revel in the trade brinkmanship.
Trump says he hasn't made a decision yet on imposing additional tariffs on $325 billion in Chinese imports pic.twitter.com/uuTFFr02C2
— TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) May 13, 2019
"China has been taking advantage of the United States for many, many years," President Trump says when asked about China retaliating against U.S. tariffs.
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) May 13, 2019
"We're in a very strong position. Our economy has been very powerful. Theirs has not been," he adds https://t.co/rn7cKHZjJ2 pic.twitter.com/lya6wRuilL
The President acknowledged that retaliation by China isn't coming painlessly, as he confirmed reports that the feds would be offering farmers billions in aid to deal with lost markets.
“We love our farmers, we take care of our farmers,” the President said.
Last year, the President authorized $12 billion in bailout payments to farmers to help ease the pain of lost markets due to retaliatory tariffs.
Mr. Trump said Monday that this round could be as much as $15 billion.
“Our farmers are going to be very well taken care of,” the President added.
But among farm state Senators, there was clearly concern.
— Senator Pat Roberts (@SenPatRoberts) May 13, 2019
The Trump Administration wasted no time on the threat of additional tariffs, posting a 142 page rundown of the Chinese products which would face additional tariffs when imported into the U.S.
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