Trade Globalists in White House Fail to Stop Trump's 'America First' Tariffs
The trade globalist wing of the White House has failed in its efforts to stop  President Trump  from following through on  his  promise to protect American industries and jobs by imposing tariffs on imported foreign products.
On Thursday  the White House announced that  Trump  is set to impose a 25 percent tariff on imported steel and a ten percent tariff on imported aluminum. The move follows through on  Trump ’s commitment to voters that  he  would be “tough” on China  which has been accused of dumping cheap foreign products in the U.S.  undermining the country’s manufacturing base.
White House adviser Gary Cohn  Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin  and Defense Secretary James Mattis attempted but failed to stop  Trump  from imposing the steel and aluminum tariffs.
Cohn and Mnuchin — the West Wing’s biggest proponents of free trade — tried to get  Trump  to water down  his  actions against China and on trade  in general  as Breitbart News reported.
The two trade globalists are so opposed to the tariffs sought by  Trump  and  his  Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross that White House officials were allegedly telling the media that an announcement on trade was canceled.
 Trump  says  he  will impose tariffs after all. Frantic  last-ditch efforts to stop  him   with officials even telling reporters an announcement was not coming  did not work. — Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) March 1  2018
Axios’s Jonathan Swan characterized  Trump’s  “America First” move on trade as “a giant ‘F you’ to” Cohn  Mnuchin  Mattis  and the other members of the trade globalist wing of the White House.
 Trump ’s tariffs announcement today is peak  Trump .  It ’s what  he  promised  his  people on campaign. And a giant “F you” to:
Ross recommended the tariffs  as Breitbart News reported  to  Trump –  noting that the goal is to increase domestic steel production to 80 percent from  its  current rate of 73 percent  while also increasing the American production of aluminum to 80 percent from  its  current rate of only 48 percent.
Trump loyalist and adviser Corey Lewandowski told Breitbart News Sunday on SiriusXM 125 The Patriot Channel this past weekend that he believed the president would be moving in this direction with trade  noting that it boils down to bringing manufacturing jobs  which were decimated and outsourced through various free trade agreements  back to the country.
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On Thursday  the White House announced that  [TGT]is set to impose a 25 percent tariff on imported steel and a ten percent tariff on imported aluminum. The move follows through on  [TGT] ’s commitment to voters that  [TGT]  would be “tough” on China  which has been accused of dumping cheap foreign products in the U.S.  undermining the country’s manufacturing base.
White House adviser Gary Cohn  Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin  and Defense Secretary James Mattis attempted but failed to stop  [TGT]from imposing the steel and aluminum tariffs.
Cohn and Mnuchin — the West Wing’s biggest proponents of free trade — tried to get  Trump  to water down  his  actions against China and on trade  in general  as Breitbart News reported.
The two trade globalists are so opposed to the tariffs sought by  Trump  and  his  Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross that White House officials were allegedly telling the media that an announcement on trade was canceled.
 [TGT]says  [TGT]  will impose tariffs after all. Frantic  last-ditch efforts to stop  [TGT]   with officials even telling reporters an announcement was not coming  did not work. — Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) March 1  2018
Axios’s Jonathan Swan characterized  Trump’s  “America First” move on trade as “a giant ‘F you’ to” Cohn  Mnuchin  Mattis  and the other members of the trade globalist wing of the White House.
 [TGT] ’s tariffs announcement today is peak  [TGT] .  [TGT] ’s what  he  promised  his  people on campaign. And a giant “F you” to:
Ross recommended the tariffs  as Breitbart News reported  to [TGT] –  noting that the goal is to increase domestic steel production to 80 percent from  its  current rate of 73 percent  while also increasing the American production of aluminum to 80 percent from  its  current rate of only 48 percent.
[TGT] loyalist and adviser Corey Lewandowski told Breitbart News Sunday on SiriusXM 125 The Patriot Channel this past weekend that he believed the president would be moving in this direction with trade  noting that it boils down to bringing manufacturing jobs  which were decimated and outsourced through various free trade agreements  back to the country.