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People always want everything to be done immediately and have to know exactly what's going on,
said Joseph LaVorgna, who served as a senior economic advisor during Trump's first term in office
This is a negotiation, and it needs to be judged in the fullness of time,
he said
To the Great Farmers of the United States: Get ready to start making a lot of agricultural product to be sold INSIDE of the United States,
Mr Trump announced on Truth Social in early March
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My understanding is that the tariff announcement will come tomorrow. They will be effective immediately, and the president has been teasing this for quite some time,
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Tuesday
You’d start with all countries, so let’s see what happens,
Trump told reporters aboard Air Force OneThe tariffs will be far more generous than those countries were to us, meaning they will be kinder than those countries were to the United States of America over the decades,
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I am hoping this is short-term, and with President Trump, he throws a lot out there. That’s his modus operandi,
Zinke said
Tariffs are a tool the president enjoys because it’s personal power,
Zinke told HuffPostYou have to trust the president’s instincts on the economy,
Johnson said at a press conferenceI couldn’t care less if they raise prices, because people are going to start buying American cars,
Trump said Saturday in reference to his tariffs on imported cars and partsI don't want to get ahead of the President. This is obviously a very big day. He is with his trade and tariff team right now, perfecting it to make sure this is a perfect deal for the American people and the American worker, and you will all find out in about 24 hours from now,
she saidThe president will be announcing a tariff plan that will roll back the unfair trade practices that have been ripping off our country for decades. He's doing this in the best interest of the American worker."
Leavitt said
We're going to charge countries for doing business in our country and taking our jobs, taking our wealth, taking a lot of things that they've been taking over the years,
Trump told reporters, according to the Associated PressOur objective is a negotiated solution. But of course, if need be, we will protect our interests, our people, and our companies,
von der Leyen said in a speech to the European Parliament in StrasbourgI am aware of the legal challenges, ... but this has been discussed in the G7 context and if there is a will, there is a way.”
Rehn said
We need to find a combination of national and European solutions,
Rehn saidIf you look at the impact of these two factors, they may create both upside and downside risks to inflation,
Rehn saidThere is an economic and a political logic,
Rehn, a former European economy commissioner, said