US presidential candidates disagree on tariffs on foreign products.
Democratic presidential candidate in the United States Terrible Harris focused on financial issues in his campaign event on Wednesday and the news channel MSNBC:n television interview, which was one of his first solo interviews with the president Joe Biden withdraw from the candidacy.
In a campaign speech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Harris said he is and always has been a strong supporter of labor and unions. At the same time, he said he believes that active cooperation between the state and the private sector is the most effective way to generate economic opportunities.
– I am a capitalist. I believe in free and fair markets, Harris said.
The presidential candidate described his own economic political vision as an economy of opportunities. As president, Harris promised to boost the US economy and domestic production.
In his speech, the Democratic candidate presented his economic program, which promises tax cuts for up to 100 million middle-class Americans. In addition, companies that increase “good union jobs” could receive tax credits.
In his speech, Harris presented himself as a supporter of the middle class and working people, and also attacked the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump against.
– For Donald Trump, our economy works best if it benefits those who own big skyscrapers. Not the ones who actually build them. Not the ones who run the electricity to them. Not the ones who mop their floors, Harris said.
According to Harris, while Trump was president, nearly 200,000 factory jobs moved from the United States to foreign countries.
Trump campaigned on import tariffs
Trump’s campaign quickly reacted to Harris’ speech in Pittsburgh, saying it was full of lies. The campaign also noted that the Harris and Biden administrations have already had three and a half years to tackle problems such as low prices.
Trump also promised that he would support US production, especially with the proposed tariffs on foreign imports.
– You will get protection from their (foreign products) entry because we are going to put tariffs of 50-200 percent on them, Trump told his supporters in Mint Hill, North Carolina.
Harris criticized the significant increases in customs duties on foreign products that Trump has presented on several occasions in the past.
– You can’t just throw around ideas about import duties that apply to everyone. He is not to be taken seriously, Harris said.