Sen. Lankford to Newsmax: Countries Must Lower Tariffs to See Relief

Countries wishing the United States to lower President Donald Trump’s tariffs against them must first agree to lower their own tariffs, Sen. James Lankford told Newsmax on Thursday.

“[Trump] laid it out and said ‘I’m going to do a 10% tariff on everybody across the entire world,'” the Oklahoma Republican told Newsmax’s “Wake Up America.” “If it’s higher than 10%, it’s higher than 10% for a reason, because you put high tariffs on us.”

Lankford called the Trump strategy “interesting.”

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