Thursday, March 8, 2018

AFL-CIO chief defends Trump move: 'Tariffs won't start a trade war'

AFL-CIO chief defends Trump move: 'Tariffs won't start a trade war'

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Thursday argued there is no danger President Trump's new tariffs will start a trade war, siding with the president on tariffs that have angered the GOP.

"Tariffs won't start a trade war, there's 435 of them in place today to fight trade cheaters. People may not like how Pres Trump rolled these out, but I applaud him for trying," the union boss tweeted.

Trumka, the leader of the nation's largest trade union association, has become a staunch advocate for Trump's new tariffs, which Republicans have criticized.

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