Sen. Scott Urges Federal Government to Impose Tariffs on Foreign Generic Drugs

The senator warned that the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain is vulnerable because of its ‘overreliance on adversaries.’

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) speaks during a news conference in the U.S. Capitol on July 11, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is urging the Trump administration to immediately impose Section 232 tariffs on foreign generic medicines, warning that the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain is vulnerable because of its “overreliance on adversaries,” particularly communist China.

Scott, chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent an Oct. 3 letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The senator applauded the two officials for their work on “advancing President [Donald] Trump’s America First agenda and protecting Americans from foreign adversarial threats.”