GOP lawmakers push for tariffs tailored to help home-state firms

GOP lawmakers push for tariffs tailored to help home-state firms


The tariff decisions suggest the White House is open to input on the trade matters from outsiders friendly to the administration. It’s all about having an advocate with a history of access to the president to get the issue at hand through the door, said Gary Hufbauer, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. “The reality is Whirlpool Corporation, which has a massive presence in Ohio, is the last appliance manufacturer in America,” Moreno said in an interview, adding that the Chinese are “interested in building industries that will dominate the world and crush American companies.

Author: Alicia Diaz, Bloomberg


Published at: 2025-08-24 20:54:05

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