“We can’t just rely on the promise of this very beautiful vision of a very pure free trade taking us to the promised land,” Tai said.
She acknowledged that Trump-era policies have hurt certain sectors of the U.S. economy but added that the backbone and justification for the tariffs have “been a source of longstanding bipartisan, nonpartisan economic concern.”
The Biden administration is currently reviewing the Trump-era China tariffs with stakeholders to determine whether they should stay in place, or be amended or dropped, putting the White House in a difficult position after promising to soothe relations with Chinese President Xi Jinping. There is bipartisan support to
boost tariffs, but some business owners say that American manufacturers
have not gained all the benefits promised to them.