GOP lawmakers pressed the White House to negotiate with Mexico on tariffs and said Trump could face a legislative rebuke if he goes through with them.
WASHINGTON – Top Republicans warned the Trump administration Tuesday against imposing new tariffs on all Mexican imports, saying the president risks an embarrassing congressional reversal if he goes through with the plan.
“I think the president and the administration ought to be concerned about another vote of disapproval,” said Johnson, R-Wis., referring to a legislative tool lawmakers could use to overturn Trump’s justification for the tariffs. “It’s like two trucks headed straight at each other on a country road. If the outcome of this is that Mexico blinks, and they turn, and they actually become active, productive partners in helping stop illegal immigration, that would be a good outcome,” Cruz said. “But if the outcome of this game of chicken is massive new tariffs that destroy jobs in Texas, and across the country, that would be a terrible mistake.
Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard and other top officials are in Washington this week, lobbying the Trump administration against imposing the tariffs – saying it will weaken Mexico's ability to address the migration crisis. "This is such a frontal assault not just on Congress’ constitutional power but really on what has been a core of Republican ideology for now, which is a belief in free trade and low taxes," Edward Alden, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, a foreign policy think tank, said during a conference call Tuesday.
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