Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said on Sunday that President Trump should get credit for his tariffs on China, but warned it should be done more cautiously.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said on Sunday that President Trump should get credit for his tariffs on China, but warned it should be done more cautiously.
«I think we need a more nuanced approach, but I give the president credit for levying these tariffs against the Chinese, with whom we’ve talked for a decade about their unfair trade practices and their theft of intellectual property from American firms,» Collins told CNN’s Jake Tapper on «State of the Union.»
Collins’ comments come as Washington and Beijing find themselves in a trade dispute.
While Trump has insisted the U. S. and China are not in a trade war, the two countries have threatened to slap tariffs on each other’s goods.
The Trump administration said it plans to enact tariffs on about $50 billion worth of Chinese imports, causing China to respond with its own $50 billion tariff package aimed at U. S. goods including automobiles.
Trump tweeted on Sunday that China will remove its trade barriers.
