Senators raise alarm over Trump's escalation in trade war with China

Senate lawmakers from heavily agricultural states have expressed alarm over the recent escalation in the White House’s ongoing trade war with China. Lawmakers from both parties said President Trump’s insistence that the tariffs will boost the economy and bring in revenue misunderstands how tariffs work.

“Tariffs are taxes, and we are all going to pay because of this trade war,” said Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., in a Senate floor speech. “In Alabama are farmers in particular are hurting … The last thing they need is an another administration disaster manufactured because of the Chinese tariffs on their crops.”