Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) expressed hope that America could utilize additional tariffs to improve imported products’ quality rather than trying to beat the costs of “Chinese slave labor.”
As the election approaches in three weeks, both the Trump and Harris campaigns are disputing one another’s policies when it comes to tariffs on China. Former President Donald Trump has proposed a tariff as high as 20%, which the Harris campaign refers to as a “sales tax.”
“William McKinley and Teddy Roosevelt built the American industrial powerhouse that we have today using tariffs to ensure that American workers got a fair deal and foreign competitors weren’t able to undercut the wages of our workers,” Vance explained on Fox News Sunday. “Think about if you are a foreign competitor working in China, using literal Chinese labor at three dollars a day, and the American…
