Takeaways from Trump trade chief's tariff testimony before Senate - Washington Examiner

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : He also said that free trade doesn't work if other countries can simply ratchet up tariffs on the U.S. without consequence.
46% : "While tariffs inherently may be seen at odds with free trade, we must also acknowledge that many of our trading partners deploy barriers that have gone unchallenged for too long," Crapo said.
41% : He said that when Trump implemented "historic" tariffs on China during his first term, inflation decreased slightly instead of rising.
40% : Trump campaigned on such major tariffs, and Cornyn mentioned that the president has long held strong beliefs regarding trade protectionism.
39% : " Many Republicans on the committee seemed to give Trump and Greer the benefit of the doubt on tariffs and indicated they want to wait and see how things shake out.
22% : Greer told Lankford that Trump has been clear that he doesn't intend for there to be exclusions and exemptions and said that doing so could undermine the overall point, which is for the trade deficit to decline.

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