Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) spoke out against the Trump administration’s tariff policy during the final stop of the Farmers for Free Trade Motorcade for Trade on the National Mall Tuesday.
Klobuchar is looking forward to the Supreme Court ruling on the legality of President Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. “You have got a president that’s using it way beyond whatever it was intended to do, and you have a lower trade court that unanimously said that it was wrong… they say that it is illegal, and now it’s heading to the Supreme Court. So I think it’s going to be one of the most important arguments of the year… And I think there’s a very strong argument that these tariffs will ultimately be thrown out as illegal.”
The senator says the tariffs have made a difficult year disastrous for small farmers. “When these tariffs hit, it’s the small farms, it’s the small companies that are the immediate roadkill.”
Listen to Klobuchar’s remarks:
Sen. Klobuchar at Farmers for Free Trade event (10:45)
The Motorcade for Trade event in DC marks the conclusion of a 2,800-mile, 11-state tour across the country. Farmers for Free Trade has released a report detailing what they heard from farmers on the tour. The top five priorities highlighted include:
– New market agreements with meaningful tariff reduction
– An exemption for agricultural inputs from tariffs
– A reduction in trade tensions with North American neighbors
– A timely and constructive USMCA review process
– Overall reduction in global trade tensions