GOP, business groups slam Trump attacks on Canada

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GOP, business groups slam Trump attacks on Canada
By Vicki Needham and Niv Elis - 06/11/18 08:11 PM EDT

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After Trump called the prime minister “very dishonest & weak” on Twitter, two White House advisers doubled down on the criticism, with Trump’s top trade adviser, Peter Navarro, saying there was “a special place in hell” for Trudeau.

The White House’s comments have ramped up a burgeoning trade war that is causing anxiety on both sides of the border and creating angst among congressional Republicans ahead of November’s midterm elections.

On Monday, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), whose panel leads on trade, said Navarro “should’ve kept his big mouth shut,” according to news reports.

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) also responded directly to Navarro’s remarks, calling on his fellow Republicans to push back against Trump’s policies. “This is not who we are. This cannot be our party,” he tweeted.

Other Republicans offered similar responses.

“To our allies: bipartisan majorities of Americans remain pro-free trade, pro-globalization & supportive of alliances based on 70 years of shared values. Americans stand with you, even if our president doesn’t,” Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) tweeted Saturday.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Monday hyped the close relationship between her state and Canada and said that despite some differences with the United States’s neighbor to the north, “Canada remains our close ally, good friend, & one of America’s biggest trading partners.”

Business leaders also pushed back against the White House’s comments over the weekend.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue, who was spotted heading into the Capitol Hill office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday, said that while his organization agrees with taking a tough stance on trade, the U.S. must protect longtime relationships and avoid hurting businesses here.

“Our strategy must take aim at the right problems, not trade deficits,” said Donohue, who didn’t directly address the Trump-Trudeau feud, in a release from the Chamber.

“It must also take aim at the right targets, not our closest allies,” he said. “Unfortunately, the growing list of tariffs proposed or imposed by our government, as well as the continued uncertainty over the future of [the North American Free Trade Agreement], is already taking a toll on businesses.”

Donohue said that the Trump administration’s “approach, however, runs the risk of erasing the recent economic gains it worked so hard to secure through tax and regulatory relief without even solving the underlying problems.”

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http://thehill.com/policy/finance/391740-gop-business-groups-slam-trump-attacks-on-canada

[DBoon]

1. too bad

you supported this monster.

Did you think you could control him?

[Blue_Adept]

2. But Trump is the best businessman every! The most businesiest!

And he's running america like a business! Which is what they always said needed to be done during campaign season!

I want a stake in this concept so bad that it can never be used again.