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SD Senator Mike Rounds; Trade Wars “Not Fun”

SD Senator Mike Rounds; Trade Wars “Not Fun”

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President Trump has ordered the imposition of steep tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum. The order, which takes effect in fifteen days, exempts Canada and Mexico while negotiations on the NAFTA treaty continue.
The President had earlier said that trade wars were “fun, and easy to win.”
South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds doesn’t see the fun part….

Rounds says there are some good reasons for the tariffs…..

Rounds says there are worries about reactions from other trading partners…..

The executive action will add a twenty-five percent tax to steel, and ten percent to aluminum.

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