Heidi Alexander: “I thank the Senator from Alabama for his leadership and his remarks. The President of the United States has got the…”

“I thank the Senator from Alabama for his leadership and his remarks. The President of the United States has got the world's attention with his tariffs. He met today with the President of the European Commission, but what should get more attention than the tariffs is President Trump's solution for the tariffs: zero tariffs, zero barriers--which, as the President said at the G7 summit in June, is the way it should be. He said that again last night and again today. After his meeting with the President of the European Commission in the Oval Office, President Trump said: ``If we could have no tariffs and no barriers and no subsidies, the United States would be extremely pleased.'' Well, so would I, Mr. President, but that is not what is happening. Piling tariffs on top of tariffs with no end in sight is a trade war and will hurt American workers. But the basis of the President's long-term solution is ``reciprocity,'' a word he has also used many times, which means, when it comes to trade, other countries should do for the United States what the United States does for them. Taking steps in the direction of reciprocity, rather than a trade war, would be much better for the American worker.…”