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