Influential GOP Sen. Rob Portman says Trump should keep tariff focus on China, not Mexico

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President Donald Trump should not follow through on his threat to impose tariffs on Mexico, Sen. Rob Portman tells CNBC.

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s administration, said Trump does not need to force Mexico's hand because experts would say that Mexico has been doing more than it has ever done to curb migrants from illegally entering the U.S. "This again distracts us from where we'd like the focus to be ... to force China to play by the rules," Portman said.

Talks between Beijing and Washington stalled in early May, and each side has ramped up threats over the past month. Trump last month announced a 25% tariff on $250 billion of Chinese goods and has threatened to place an additional duty on the remaining $300 billion of imports from China that haven't been hit with duties. China raised tariffs on billions of dollars worth of U.S. goods as a retaliatory measure and has threatened to cut the U.S. off from its supply of rare earth minerals that are used in numerous tech products.

 

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No both we ate not F ING AROUND ANYMORE. AND I WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW IT. PLEASE Americans just buy american

To be influential, one must actually do something. senrobportman is an EmptySuit who hasn’t had a town hall is 4 years, doesn’t care about that fact & is only concerned with keeping his job. OhioDeservesBetter

Influential He’s totally impotent.

Translation - senrobportman sucks up to a mobbed up potus whose besties traffic child pornography and worse. Why don't you ever report on Trump's mob ties

Then do something other then flap you gums

Influential!? He’s Senator Wimpy.

Wow, . senrobportman is not “influential”. FactsMatter

In what world is the spineless Rob Portman 'influential'?! He never takes a stand on anything. Lmao

Define “influential.”

Influential? To whom? More like a sycophant.....

Another Republican WHO! He looks like he’s part of the coven but on the Vampire side.

Influential? 😂

Just who do you think .senrobportman is influencing? Talk to his constituents in Ohio and they’ll tell you the truth about desperate Rob and his disconnected, inane, and rambling tweets and that he’s not had a town hall in years. Rob is a worthless EmptySuit.

Lololololololololololol!!! Influential?! He's a doormat that's afraid to tackle the big issues of the day. He is a minor league Senator. Influential, that's funny! senrobportman

Influential? Maybe influenza is the word you were thinking?

Influential? Nah.

Influential in the sense that senrobportman takes legal bribes from KochIndustries and the NRA?

Please explain how he is 'Influential' is it because he was Trade Rep (as your article points out)? Trump is undoing everything Mr Portman did when Trade Rep, so he has no influence on POTUS so I'm curious who he has influence over.

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Unilateral tariffs outside of trade treaties will mean that countries will not enter trade agreements with this country given that they can be broke at a whim. stupid

The cost of illegal immigration cost Americans more than these tarrifs. The Healthcare, education, crime, lowering of wages, etc. Should be looked at. Not how much avocados may cost us

If there was only something he could do about it.

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