The following article by John T. Bennett was posted on the Roll Call website June 7, 2018:
‘There is a growing frustration,’ Ways and Means Chairman Brady says
President Donald Trump will arrive Friday at a G-7 meeting in Canada, with no specific goals for the summit and under fire from Republican lawmakers and the very world leaders with whom he will spend the weekend.
The U.S. leader’s steel and aluminum tariffs have upset other heads of state and caused many to retaliate with their own proposed fees on U.S. goods such as bourbon and cheese. Among the agitated leaders are those from G-7 countries such as Canada and the United Kingdom. But before the president hears new pleas from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and British Prime Minister Theresa May to drop the tariffs, he is getting an earful from members of his own party.
“There is a growing frustration in the House about the impact of these [steel and aluminum] tariffs back home and the need for a much stronger partnership with the administration on the strategy, on the exemptions — especially for our key trading partners like Canada, Mexico and Europe,” House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady said Wednesday.
And when it comes to working with the White House to obtain exclusions for specific products, the influential Texas Republican — who often talks to Trump and has been publicly praised by him — said this: “No one is satisfied with [that], frankly.” He added that he expects the administration to address the concerns of members of both parties. Continue reading “Trump Heads to G-7 Isolated by Tariffs, Estranged From Allies”