'They've got to start being a partner. They're not a partner. So I think anything we raise in tariffs, we ought to give back to the rank and public in tax reductions so it doesn't impact American
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"They're our political adversary, economic adversary, military adversary. So we've got to do everything we can to take care of ourselves and see if we can get them to change. But right now I don't see how we'll get a deal done with them. We've got to help American companies to do everything we can to buy American products, so we get more American jobs and stop helping China and stop acting like they're a partner," Scott said.
Trump, who has nicknamed himself"Tariff Man," has falsely claimed that China is footing the bill for the tariff war. Economic analyses have shown that the tariffs are imposing a hefty toll on American companies and consumers, who are forced to pay more for products imported from China. Scott's statements echoed those of the Trump administration, which has depicted the negative economic impacts of the trade war with China as a temporary plan to force a lasting restructuring of the Beijing-Washington trade dynamic. Yet as the trade war drags on and threatens to escalate, with Trump raising the possibility of implementing tariffs on $300 billion more imports from China and primarily affect consumer goods, no end appears to be in sight.
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