CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WRN) — U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin says President Trump’s tariff and trade policies are chaotic and harmful.
The Wisconsin Democrat citing an example during a tour of Peck Family Farms in Chippewa Falls on Wednesday.
“Last week, he said our conversations with the European Union are going nowhere. I’m going to slap 50% tariffs on them and a day or two later, he said. Well, I’m going to defer them by more than a month,” Baldwin said.
Baldwin says the authority to implement trade policy lies with Congress, not the executive.
“I don’t know what your impression is, but my impression is he’s talking about handshake agreements.”
Baldwin says Trump’s chaotic trade war with China, Mexico and Canada makes it harder for Wisconsin farmers and producers to plan for the future.