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U.S. NEWS Monday 5 March 2018

White House: No exemptions from steel, aluminum tariffs

“This wave of globaliza- demonstrated that his
tion has wiped out totally, tough trade talk had a re-
totally our middle class,” ceptive audience.
Trump told voters in the Both candidates in a March
hard-hit steel town of Mon- 13 House election in Penn-
essen, Pennsylvania, during sylvania have embraced
one of his campaign stops. the president’s plans for
“It doesn’t have to be this tariffs. They addressed the
way.” topic Saturday in a debate
Trump’s criticism of trade that aired on WTAE in Pitts-
agreements and China’s burgh.
trade policies found sup- “For too long, China has
port with white working- been making cheap steel
class Americans whose and they’ve been flooding
wages had stagnated over the market with it.
the years. It’s not fair and it’s not right.
Victories in big steel-pro- So I actually think this is long
ducing states such as Ohio, overdue,” said Democratic
Pennsylvania and Indiana candidate Conor Lamb.q
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk across
the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Saturday,
March 3, 2018, as they return from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate
in Palm Beach, Fla.
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Continued from Front tween a president and his
party — leaving him almost
“He’s talking about a fairly exclusively with support
broad brush,” Ross said on from his ideological oppo-
ABC’s “This Week.” He re- sites.
jected threats of retalia- “Good, finally,” said Sen.
tion from American allies as Sherrod Brown, an Ohio
“pretty trivial.” Democrat and progres-
Few issues could blur the sive as he cheered Trump’s
lines of partisanship in move.
Trump-era Washington. Sen. Bob Casey of Penn-
Trade is one of them. sylvania, a Democrat who
Labor unions and liberal has called for Trump to re-
Democrats are in the un- sign, agreed.
usual position of applaud- “I urge the administration
ing Trump’s approach, to follow through and to
while Republicans and an take aggressive measures
array of business groups to ensure our workers can
are warning of dire eco- compete on a level play-
nomic and political conse- ing field,” Casey tweeted.
quences if he goes ahead This moment of unusual al-
with the tariffs. liance was long expected.
Trade politics often cut As a candidate, Trump
along regional, rather than made his populist and pro-
ideological, lines, as politi- tectionist positions on trade
cians reflect the interests quite clear, at times hitting
of the hometown industries the same themes as one of
and workers. the Democratic presiden-
But rarely does a debate tial candidates, Vermont
open so wide a rift be- Sen. Bernie Sanders.