Congress Needs to 'Intervene' to Spare US From 'Endless' Trade War, CTA Says
President Donald Trump has “overstepped his power” to impose Section 301 tariffs on Chinese goods, “and our nation’s businesses and families are footing the bill,” Consumer Technology Association President Gary Shapiro said Sept. 11, urging Congress to “intervene” in the…
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U.S.-China trade war. With fewer than 40 legislative days left this year, the House and Senate should hold hearings on S. 899 and H.R. 3477, Shapiro said. The bills would raise congressional oversight of the Trump administration’s Section 301 tariff actions, but have gone nowhere since being introduced months ago (see 1906250029). The legislation would “protect Americans from this seemingly endless trade war,” Shapiro said. “Congress has the power to review and should use its limited time left to investigate the scope and intent of the president’s misguided trade policy.”