At Hearing, Warren Grills Greer on Potential Job Losses From Trump Tariffs | U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Senator, I think the economists who are making these projections, who often are in favor of fully unfettered free trade, are the same ones, you said in the first Trump term, that put tariffs -- I just don't think it's going to happen, Senator.
43% : " Greer is responsible for developing and promoting the U.S. trade agenda and leading trade negotiations on behalf of the U.S. When asked if the Trump administration would reverse course on their tariffs if they cost workers their jobs and raised prices, Ambassador Greer refused to provide a straight answer.
35% : We have the power right here in the Senate and over in the House of Representatives to take this authority away from Donald Trump.
35% : We have the power right here in the Senate and over in the House of Representatives to take this authority away from Donald Trump.
29% : But Trump has slapped tariffs on, then off, on then off again with no rhyme or reason -- and the uncertainty about the long-term rules makes companies far less likely to invest in manufacturing or jobs here in the United States.
28% : The resolution would terminate the emergency that Trump declared to slap tariffs of up to 49% on products Americans buy from other countries.
27% : Donald Trump is single-handedly driving this economy off a cliff.
26% : But what you're telling us is the fact that hundreds of thousands, even millions of people, could lose their jobs and that prices could go up will not be a factor for you or for Donald Trump for rolling those tariffs back.
25% : Warren: "What you're telling us is the fact that hundreds of thousands, even millions of people, could lose their jobs and that prices could go up will not be a factor for you or for Donald Trump for rolling those tariffs back.
25% : "What you're telling us is the fact that hundreds of thousands, even millions of people, could lose their jobs and that prices could go up will not be a factor for you or for Donald Trump for rolling those tariffs back," said the senator.
21% : I'm asking, if the numbers show that 700,000 people have lost their jobs because of these new tariffs that Trump has slapped on, will the administration reverse course and lift those tariffs? Ambassador Greer:
20% : In fact, Greer insisted that Donald Trump's on-again, off-again tariffs on China would bring "lower unemployment, lower inflation," putting him at odds with economists of all political leanings.
17% : If Congress doesn't stand up to Trump, economists predict a recession before the end of the year, and Fed Chair Jerome Powell says we're in a real danger of "both higher unemployment and higher inflation."

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