Trump Scorns Calls for Tariff Relief in Escalating Global Crisis
- President said Wednesday there’s no need for China tariff cuts
- Issue has sparked heated debate among advisers, outside allies
Donald Trump speaks during a Coronavirus Task Force news conference at the White House on March 18.
Photographer: Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Bloomberg
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Hardly a day goes by right now without business groups calling on the White House to suspend tariffs on Chinese goods in an effort to help them stem the growing challenges faced by the coronavirus outbreak.
On Wednesday morning, Americans for Free Trade, a group of more than 160 business associations, urged Trump to consider relief from duties as one of the emergency measures his administration is rolling out. “These tariffs are taxes that Americans pay,” the group said in a letter.