McConnell broke sharply with Trump and said, “Yeah, I’m not a fan of tariffs.”
“You’ll find no serious, respected trade economists thinking that this is a good idea,” Ian Sheldon, a professor of Agricultural Marketing, Trade and Policy at The Ohio State University, told Business Insider on Wednesday.
Other economists noted the policy would violate the Trump-brokered United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which took the place of NAFTA in 2020.
“You’ll find no serious, respected trade economists thinking that this is a good idea,” Ian Sheldon, a professor of Agricultural Marketing, Trade and Policy at The Ohio State University, told Business Insider on Wednesday.
Other economists noted the policy would violate the Trump-brokered United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which took the place of NAFTA in 2020.
McConnell Shreds Trump’s Tariff Plans: ‘They Raise the Prices For American Consumers’
McConnell (R-KY) pulled no punches when asked if he supports former President Donald Trump's calling for massive tariffs on products made overseas
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