The U.S. flag flies over Chinese shipping containers that were unloaded at the Port of Long Beach, in Los Angeles County, U.S. on Sept. 29, 2018. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images
President Trump said that tariffs and the threat of tariffs have been a great bargaining chip in trade deals.
“The tariffs are what is allowing us to make great trade deals. If we didn’t have tariffs, I couldn’t have even spoken to Mexico,” Trump told ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos.
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Colin is a New York-based reporter. He covers Entertainment, U.S., and international news. Besides writing for online news outlets he has worked in online marketing and advertising, done voiceover work, and has a background in sound engineering and filmmaking. His foreign language skills include Spanish and Chinese.
