Baldwin Slams Trump’s Tariffs for Raising Prices on Families, and Hurting Farmers and Manufacturers

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) released the following statement on President Donald Trump’s announcement of across-the-board 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico and a 10% additional tariff on imports from China.

“When it comes to the high-level goals of tackling the fentanyl epidemic and securing our border, President Trump and I agree. We have to do both. Tariffs are an important tool to crack down on other countries’ unfair practices, and one I have long supported using. But the tariffs the President announced today will force Wisconsin families to pay the price. Industries where people grow things and make things – like Wisconsin’s iconic farming and manufacturing sectors – are going to be crushed by this. Families across the country are going to be paying more out of their wallets from the gas pump and the grocery store – and it will only get worse when retaliation hits. If President Trump is going to impose these broad tariffs on our closest trading partners, he needs to do it with a real plan to address retaliation and make sure costs aren’t passed on to hardworking Wisconsinites – but right now, none of those are in place and it's Wisconsinites and our economy that will suffer the consequences.”

Senator Baldwin has long worked to crack down on other countries exploiting trade loopholes that undermine our manufacturers, farmers, and producers, and also bring illicit drugs like fentanyl into the United States. Last year, Senator Baldwin led her colleagues in calling on the Biden Administration to support a group of families’ petition under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 to hold China accountable for its role in actively supporting the production and export of fentanyl into the United States. Senator Baldwin also led her colleagues in support of the United Steelworkers Section 301 petition to launch an investigation into China’s unfair trade practices in the commercial shipbuilding industry that undermine American workers and jeopardize our national security.

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