Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is urging President Trump to “pull back from the brink” from an international fight over tariffs, warning they could start a “trade war.”
“I don’t think anything good will come out of a trade war, and I hope we pull back from the brink here,” McConnell said at the Greater Louisville Inc.’s Congressional Summit in Kentucky on Friday, according to the local business journal.
“These tariffs will not be good for the economy, and I worry that it will slow, or impede significantly, the progress we’re making economically,” McConnell added.
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McConnell has repeatedly warned the administration against such trade moves, particularly over concerns that steep tariffs could roil the economy and spark retaliation from other countries.
“It won’t surprise you to know that I’m among those not happy about the prospect of a trade war,” the Senate GOP leader said Friday.
McConnell is one of several GOP lawmakers who have spoken out against Trump’s tariff decision.
“I disagree with this decision,” Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said Thursday.
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McConnell opposes Trump on tariffs: We must "pull back from the brink" of a trade war https://t.co/j03UCQRVcM pic.twitter.com/gjbIcMdwnp
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