‘It’s Cheating’: Biden Champions China Tariffs Among Union Workers

‘I’m determined that the future of electric vehicles will be made in America by union workers. Period,’ the president says.

President Joe Biden speaks at the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum in Syracuse, N.Y., on April 25, 2024. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

President Joe Biden stood before a crowd of America’s union workers in the Rose Garden on May 14 and defended the massive increase in tariffs just announced on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) and other products.

“American workers can outwork and out-compete anyone as long as the competition is fair,” he said. “For too long, it hasn’t been fair.”