Trump Imposed Tariffs In Response to Pressure From Bernie Sanders and His Army of Supporters

[TomCADem]

Today, Trump announced the imposition of tariffs on steel imports, which is a move that Bernie Sanders has long championed.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/03/31/bernie-sanders-pledges-rewrite-disastrous-trade-deals/82473012/

Along with NAFTA, Sanders said he also would rewrite CAFTA, permanent normal trade relations with China, and the Korean Free Trade Agreement.

He didn’t specify what changes he would make but said U.S. workers shouldn't be forced to compete against people making “pennies an hour.” He also criticized deals that lead corporations to move to countries such as China where there are “virtually no environmental standards” compared to the U.S.

“That is not fair competition,” he said.

His campaign says Sanders also would impose countervailing tariffs on imports from China and Japan “until they stop dumping steel into the United States and stop manipulating their currencies.”

In addition, Bernie has been keeping pressure on Trump to not stop with tearing up TPP, but to also tear up NAFTA, which Trump still has yet to do. Bernie Sanders should call attention to this that Trump is simply stealing from Bernie's playbook, so that when economic exceeds 3% as Bernie predicted under his policies, Bernie gets the credit.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-13/bernie-sanders-to-trump-on-nafta-for-once-keep-your-promise

Bernie Sanders Tells Trump to Keep His Promise on Nafta

President Donald Trump is finding an unlikely ally in his efforts to overhaul the North American Free Trade Agreement: the political left.

Civil-society groups, union leaders and left-wing politicians have opposed almost everything Trump has done. But they’re urging him to stand firm in his attempt to overhaul Nafta -- and face down opposition from business groups, who complain that U.S. companies will be hurt by the proposed changes. Mexico and Canada have called U.S. demands unworkable, including on regional-content requirements for cars and investor-state dispute systems.

Senator Bernie Sanders, an outspoken critic of trade deals in his campaign for president last year, called on Trump to deliver. “When Donald Trump campaigned for president, he promised that he was going to stop corporations from shifting American jobs to Mexico,” Sanders said Wednesday at a rally for the #ReplaceNafta movement in Washington. “For once in your life, keep your promises.”

[LonePirate]

1. There really is no difference between the far left and the far right.

[shanny]

3. nutz

[TomCADem]

4. Here Is Bernie Sanders Supporter Sane Progressive Touting the Nunes Memo

In other videos, she touts Bernie Sanders, complains about the Deep State, descries TPP and NAFTA, and attacks neo-liberals and corporatists. Maybe labels are irrelevant, since the Sane Progressive and Sean Hannity actually seem to see eye to eye on many issues, particularly in calling the Russia investigation a hoax.

[David__77]

6. Hillary Clinton opposed TPP - it was hardly limited to Sanders.

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[TomCADem]

8. I Don't Think Trump Is Stealing Hillary's Proposal on Tariffs

I don't think Hillary gets the credit. Indeed, if Hillary was championing steel tariffs, Trump probably would be against it. Instead, Trump is trying to steal one of Bernie's signature and concrete trade proposals.

[QC]

2. Goddam hippies need to get a haircut and a job!!!

[RDANGELO]

5. Our trade policies are a source of the extreme income inequality in the economy.

We have a very interconnected global economy; there is no getting around the we have to operate in it, but at the same time, generating wealth within it thru the race to the bottom in wages, has facilitated the transfer of wealth to the top of the income latter. Countering this effect is very difficult; it is like putting the toothpaste back in the tube. It would be hard for any president without the cooperation of Congress. The Constitution gives the power to control tariffs to congress. As I understand it, the president has been granted limited ability to raise tariffs on specific items on specific countries for four years. The media has done a very poor job of explaining this to the public. A piecemeal strategy such as this, is not likely to be very successful. If tariffs are raised to much at once, there is a risk of starting a trade war which could lead to a global recession. It needs to be done gradually with an overall strategy.Trump's approach is not likely to pay any positive dividends.

[JI7]

7. "He didnt specify what changes he would make"