US sales representative Jamieson Greer testifies to the Senate Finance Committee in the Senate office of the Senate on April 8, 2025 in Washington, DC (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
Washington -The US sales representative Jamieson Greer defended the comprehensive tariff of the Trump government on Tuesday when he was exposed to senators from both sides of the gang that forwarded the economic fear of their voters.
In the coming months, democratic and republican senators questioned equally how politics will affect the industries of their states.
“Whose neck can I suffocate if this turns out to be wrong?” Asked GOP Senator Thom Tillis from North Carolina.
Greer told the members of the Senate Committee on Finance that President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration in order to trigger steep worldwide import taxes, “common sense”.
“Our trade deficit, which is driven by these non -recurring conditions, is a manifestation of the loss of the nation’s ability to make, grow and build up,” said Greer.
“The President recognizes the urgency of the moment. On the first day of his second term, President Trump published a comprehensive memorandum that attacks his trade policy. No other president did this,” Greer continued in his opening declaration.
The answers from all over the world range from all retribution to negotiation to surrender. Chinese officials who could see that tariffs reached 104% after Trump had threatened to overthrow more on Monday, they said on Tuesday “fight until the end. “”
Tariffs start shortly after midnight
The previously planned hearing of Trump’s trade agenda came less than a week after the president had used his emergency powers to present modern import taxes for products from almost every country around the world.
Trump’s tariffs Start shortly after midnight and beat the most essential exporters to the United States as well as needy and developing nations. They range from a 46% tax on Vietnam, whose essential exports to Americans include technical products, up to 50% tax on Lesotho, a compact African nation that exports diamonds to US jewelers.
Administration claims that dozens of governments negotiated in trillion dollars after three days after three days of turbulence that negotiated the US and world markets.
Trump’s basic tariffs of 10% tariffs were introduced on Saturday with trading partners, including allies, importing more American goods than the amount of their own products that they export to the USA
The tax on allies with a trade surplus attracted the anger of Senator Mark Warner, a Democrat of Virginia. “Why were they beaten at all?” He asked Greer and raised his voice.
Trump has excluded pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, critical minerals and semiconductors from his modern taxes. According to a US dollar 665 billion, these imports are worth analysis A thought factory focused on US foreign relationships from the Atlantic Council.
The levies are on Trump’s 25% national security taxes for foreign steel and aluminum as well as foreign cars as well as emergency tariffs in 20% for Chinese imports and 10% to 25% for products from Canada and Mexico.
“Course, chaotic collective bargaining clerk”
At the hearing, Senator Ron Wyden, the Supreme Democrat in the Committee, announced that he plans to pursue a resolution to “end the latest harvesting global tariffs that knock American families and business members on both sides of the Ganges”.
“Donald Trump’s aimless, chaotic tariff -brree has undoubtedly shown that the congress of the executive department gave far too much of its constitutional power about international trade. It is time to take back this power,” said the Oregon Democrat in the opening regulation.
The chairman of the committee, Mike Crapo, expressed a certain optimism that Trump’s tariff agenda would finally promote American industry.
“Members and the public have questions and concerns about the latest tariff campaigns. That is okay. We should have an impact and questions about tariffs,” said Crapo, a Republican of Idaho.
As soon as the people of Trump’s tariffs “contextualize”, “the real heading will then be the fundamental change in trade policy since President Trump’s inauguration – in which the United States actually act again,” said Crapo.
Oklahomans were worried
However, other senators wanted more assurance for compact business owners who contact them to get answers to sudden economic turbulence.
Senator James Lankford told Greer that he heard of a part in Oklahoma, who had changed the purchase from China to Vietnam after Trump’s first government had targeted China. Now the company fears, for example, the tax of 46%that it has to pay for imports from Vietnam.
“Is there a timeline with which you are dealing with?” The Republican asked Greer.
The sales representative said that more than 50 countries, including Vietnam, had made modern trade agreements.
“We have not set a certain timeline on it,” said Greer. “What I can say is that I move as quickly as possible.”
“The time piece is important to them,” said Lankford.
Lankford then asked whether industries, including the clothing manufacturer in Oklahoma, could apply for an exemption from import taxes for products that they can only buy from abroad.
“I know that hope has a more diversified (market) in the long term. You have no other option in the short term. How do you plan to deal with it?” Said Lankford.
Greer replied: “Senator, the president was clear to me and with others that he did not intend to have exclusions and exceptions, especially in view of the type of action. If you have Swiss cheese in the campaign, this can undermine the overall point.”
Warner was heated with Greer during the survey and said that he heard from Wall Street that the business people regarded the US market on Tuesday as a good day in the hospice.
“We have 800,000 small companies in Virginia. They will take advantage of these tariffs,” said Warner.
EU, other nations react
The European Union is expected to vote on a list of targeted American imports on Wednesday. The blocks of the 27 nations plans for reaction to taxation. As part of his plans for the “liberation day”, Trump presented a 20% tax of EU products.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who stares from Trump’s 17% tariff. promised During an Oval Office meeting on Monday that his country “very quickly” “very quickly” the trade with the USA
Trump wrote on Tuesday morning on social media that he held a “great call” with the reigning reigning president Han Duck-Soo in South Korea. Trump has imposed a 25% tariff Export To the United States, which largely include cars, auto parts and electrical batteries.
“Your top team is in an airplane in the USA and things look good,” Trump wrote on his social platform of truth.
The comments came on a day of the finance minister, Scott Bessent, said he would conduct negotiations with Japan, which is exposed to a delivery of 24%. American mainly import Cars, auto parts and construction vehicles from Japan.
The prospect of negotiations brought Japan’s shares overnight after deducting the uncertainty of the tariff.
