Rep. Don Beyer

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Rep. Don Beyer @RepDonBeyer

Lighthizer told me that tariffs on Mexico "worked out" (they announced actions by Mexico which had been agreed to months earlier and Trump backed down). He said "I don't know why people are so upset." Here's why: https://t.co/5R3VRrChq4 — PolitiTweet.org

Perhaps the threat of losing hundreds of thousands of American jobs had something to do with it.… https://t.co/FjHtIoufYW

Posted June 21, 2019 Hibernated

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Rep. Don Beyer @RepDonBeyer

Directly conveyed my problem with Trump's trade wars to USTR Lighthizer: "He has a temper tantrum and reacts with tariffs that hurt us more than he hurts the people he's trying to punish. It reminds me of the child that gets so frustrated that he starts destroying his own toys." https://t.co/7XuhBzdCJn — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 21, 2019 Hibernated

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Rep. Don Beyer @RepDonBeyer

He went on to talk about how businesses need "certainty," but acknowledged that Trump's threats to reinstate tariffs on Mexico in the future hang over the discussions about USMCA... which is itself an enormous threat to certainty for businesses. https://t.co/plxKJWSQ6d — PolitiTweet.org

Democrat notes that there is nothing in #USMCA that would bar @realDonaldTrump from unilaterally imposing tariffs o… https://t.co/gbf7SXNbKS

Posted June 21, 2019 Hibernated