Three days after a blue tsunami swept both chambers, Democrats have picked their first trade fight, and it’s the one they have already won three times.<\/p>\n
According to the WSJ, Democrats are eyeing President Trump’s trade war with Canada as the first target in a campaign to roll back the administration’s tariff agenda<\/strong>, according to Senate Finance’s top Democrat (and soon its chairman), Oregon’s Ron Wyden.<\/p>\n “There is overwhelming support for repealing the tariffs on products from Canada,” Wyden told the Journal, adding that he is already talking with colleagues about legislation once he takes the committee gavel in January<\/strong>, and that “Congress must take away the president’s ability to unilaterally and arbitrarily impose tariffs.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Overwhelming, maybe. Veto-proof? Not even close<\/strong><\/em>, and as we show below, the timing is even worse: the next (and biggest) round of Canada tariffs takes effect on January 1, two days before the new Congress is sworn in<\/strong>.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/canada-first-democrats-aim-opening-shot-their-tariff-rollback-trumps-smoot-hawley-levies<\/a><\/p>\n In states such as Michigan, Maine and Alaska, peeling back the tariffs also has drawn support from some Republicans<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/elections\/democrats-are-hatching-a-plan-to-reverse-trumps-canada-tariffs-a444cdc0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Three days after a blue tsunami swept both chambers, Democrats have picked their first trade fight, and it’s the one they have already won three times. According to the WSJ, Democrats are eyeing President Trump’s trade war with Canada as … Continue reading AND<\/h3>\n
Democrats Are Hatching a Plan to Reverse Trump\u2019s Canada Tariffs<\/h4>\n