Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said this week that former President Donald Trump’s tariffs on China were “effective.”
“Let me say, those tariffs have been effective. The data show that those tariffs have been effective,” Raimondo told MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle when asked about Trump’s response to China “dumping cheap steel.” “And I think what President Biden has said is, we’re going to have a whole of government review of all of these policies and decide what it makes sense to maintain.”
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Raimondo criticized Trump’s overall approach to China, specifically his use of social media.
“We have to be honest, which is to say China’s behavior is anti-competitive, coercive,” Raimondo said. “Their human rights abuses are horrific, and they need to be held to account for that. So, unlike President Trump’s approach of, you know, tweeting out a policy, President Biden’s been very clear: We’re going to be tough on China in a whole of government response.”
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The former Rhode Island governor, confirmed as Commerce secretary on Wednesday, said her No. 1 priority is “getting Americans back to work.”
