Backing Trump, The Right Sells Out On Trade And Tariffs – Outside The Beltway – Mobile Edition

Backing Trump, The Right Sells Out On Trade And Tariffs  Outside The Beltway – Mobile Edition

For decades, the Republican Party has been known as the party of free trade, supporting initiatives such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and other initiatives designed to lower trade barriers and promote free trade around the world, but that’s all changed now that Donald Trump is President: The GOP is starting to give up on thwarting President Donald Trump’s trade agenda. Senate Republicans acknowledge that the president’s latest tariff increase on Chinese imports are harming farm state economies, their own constituents and some of Trump’s most reliable voters. But there’…