107 House Republicans express 'deep concern' about Trump tariffs
By Vicki Needham - 03/07/18 05:47 PM EST
More than 100 House Republicans are urging President Trump to abandon his sweeping plan for global tariffs and narrow his focus to punishing perennial trade violators.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (Texas) and Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade Chairman Dave Reichert (Wash.) gathered 107 GOP signatures on a letter sent to Trump on Wednesday calling on the president to tailor his plan for sweeping tariffs on all imported steel and aluminum.
"We are writing to express deep concern about the prospect of broad, global tariffs on aluminum and steel imports," they wrote to the president in the letter first drafted earlier this week.
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