Tariffs are “bad policy” that drive up costs “for consumers across the board,” according to Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
McConnell, the 82-year-old former Senate Republican leader and an adversary of President Donald Trump, wrote a Wednesday opinion column for Louisville’s Courier Journal to explain to his constituents what he thinks about tariffs.
Trump on Monday made good on a promise to slap 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, stepping up a long-promised trade war despite warnings from Europe and China.
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