Globalist Alliance: Business Lobby, GOP Unite to Strip Trump of Tariff Powers

By Breitbart News —— Bio and Archives February 11, 2019

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An alliance between globalist donors and pundits, the big business lobby, and a handful of Republican lawmakers are uniting to attempt to strip President Donald Trump of his powers to implement tariffs to protect American jobs and U.S. industry from unfair, foreign competition. Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) has introduced the Bicameral Congressional Trade Authority Act in the House while GOP Senators like Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Ben Sasse (R-NE) have introduced similar legislation in the Senate that would force Trump’s national security tariffs to be approved through Congress — where Republicans and Democrats defend the free trade apparatus that is overwhelmingly supported by the majority of the donor class. -- More...