the president when he back in May uh when he was announcing that he was going to take action uh he said very clearly he was going to do that to protect Americans uh workers and businesses from China's unfair trade uh practices the White House faced questions about President Joe Biden's new terrorist on Chinese Goods just days after vice president kamla Harris went after former president Donald Trump's propos tariff increase he wants to impose what is in effect a national sales tax I call it a trump sales tax Trump has pledged to Institute tariffs as high as 20% on All Imports a plan which Harris dubbed the Trump sales tax during their Tuesday evening presidential debate the majority of economists say that Trump's proposal would effectively raise costs on consumers that could drive the country into a recession a flat 20% tariff on All Imports could raise annual costs by nearly $4,000 for middleclass households according to the senate for American progress action still the Biden Administration announced a series of new tariffs on Chinese Imports specifically aimed at boosting the domestic vehicle industry what we're trying to do is eliminate China's unfair practices and we've seen the results of that that was the commitment that this President made in May and that's the commitment that will continue this is about American workers and businesses and we're going to certainly continue to deal with China's unfair Trade Practices she also accused the Trump administration of failing to reverse the US trade deficit with China before claiming that Biden brought the annual trade deficit with China to its lowest point in a decade the comparison as you're asking me uh the Trump Administration the last Administration uh their trade deal with China failed to increase uh boost American manufacturing and what the president's economic agenda what we've been trying to do for almost four years now and we've seen some results here however Jean Pierre could not specifically say why this new tariff package won't raise cost for American [Music] households for