12 Mar 2018
Elizabeth Warren: Tariffs should be part of overall US trade policy - Reuters
Elizabeth Warren weighs in on Donald Trump's use of tariffs, as reported by Reuters.
Key highlights:
- Warren is "not afraid of tariffs", but hasn't outright endorsed Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.
- Warren sees a role for tariffs as part of overall US trade policy.
- The US "needs a comprehensive rethinking of our trade policy".
- Urging policymakers to think beyond a handful of industries.
- Greater overhaul of trade policy needed.
- Warren believes that US trade deals have been negotiated for a "very, very long time" to the benefit of large companies, not American workers.