Neal Statement on the Latest Round of Dubious Trump Tariffs

SPRINGFIELD, MA—Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after Trump replaced the expiring Section 122 tariffs with a new round of tariffs coming out of the conveniently-timed conclusion of Section 301 investigations:

"With his global tariffs expiring tonight, Trump is once again flipping through the statute books looking for any authority to keep them in place. Today's forced labor justification is too convenient to be taken seriously. Forced labor is a real and pervasive problem in our supply chains and demands serious enforcement. It should never be cheapened into a pretext for a tariff policy built on dubious legal theories and personal grievances. The American people deserve a coherent trade strategy—not another last-minute attempt to save face for a president who has completely lost the plot." 

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