Biden comes out swinging against tariffs despite keeping Trump’s in place

Published June 21, 2024 6:30am ET



President Joe Biden is ramping up his campaign attacks against former President Donald Trump‘s new tariff proposals despite maintaining, and even expanding, the Trump administration’s tariffs on Chinese imports.

Biden told donors at a campaign fundraiser in McLean, Virginia, earlier this week that Trump’s suggestion to put 10% or higher tariffs on all imports to the United States in addition to 60% tariffs on products imported from China would “drive up inflation” and “increase taxes on the average middle-class.”

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