Grassley Says President Is to Blame for Further Canadian Retaliation
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, when asked about the possibility of increased Canadian retaliatory tariffs (see 1903290047) during a conference call with reporters April 9, said he doesn't blame Canada for its coming decision. "Our president is at…
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fault for not taking the tariffs off," he said. He quipped, "They shouldn't put them on any Iowa products because I'm one of their best friends in the United States Senate saying we ought to take those [metals] tariffs off." He said he has been telling the White House for four months that the tariffs on Canada and Mexico have to be lifted before implementing legislation for the new NAFTA arrives on the Hill (see 1902120032). "I don't intend to give up," he said.