Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif, asks trade representative Jameison Greer.
Democrats erected Trump’s trade chief Jamieson Greer at a hearing in front of the House Road and Means Committee on Wednesday.
D-Calif. Rep. Judy Chu of the president made accusations during Greer’s questioning, with many Democrats expressing confusion about the president. Donald Trump’s goals It’s how quickly they are achieved.
“We must point out that there are several items like bananas and cacao beans. The US cannot grow enough to meet our own demands due to its almost non-tropical climate,” Chu said. “In fact, the US is the world’s largest importer of bananas. This filming, then the AIM approach, is to make life even worse for Americans who have no actual plans and make no sense.”
Rep. Suzan Delbene (D-Wash.) reflected Chew’s frustration, claiming that Trump had not established clear tariff targets and had not detailed explanations about negotiating trade deals.
“I don’t understand what the country is doing,” Delvene said of the countries that require trade contracts to talk to the White House. “What the goal is, no plan, and you say the country is coming. For negotiations with President Trump, it’s his whim, what’s unacceptable?”
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US trade representative Jamieson Greer faced Democrat Grill in the House of Representatives on Wednesday. (AP/AP Newsroom)
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D-Penn. , Senator Brendan Boyle demanded that he know the “strategy” behind the tariffs America’s closest trading partner, It is now uniting the whole world, not against China, but against the United States.”
“When is this end? What will the success look like? Because, whether Democrats or Republicans, a lot of people are trying to figure out exactly what Endgame looks like here, whether they’re independent.”
“The deficit needs to go in the right direction. Manufacturing as a share of GDP needs to go in the right direction. The non-tariff barriers and tariffs we face in other countries must fall in the right direction. Those are what we see. They are national emergency.
Rep. Judy Chew and other Democrats expressed confusion over President Donald Trump’s tariff plans. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, Getty Images/Getty Images)
The hearing said the Trump administration is negotiating a trade deal rather than retaliate with its own tariffs for demands to negotiate trade deals from more than 70 countries.
We say Trump is not willing to trade with China unless the trade deficit is resolved.
However, other trading partners responded more aggressively. China imposed On Wednesday morning, shortly after Trump’s own 104% tariffs came into effect, an 84% tariff on US goods came into effect.
US President Donald Trump keeps the charts when making mutual tariff comments at an event at the Rose Garden, entitled “Make America Wealthy,” at the White House in Washington, DC on April 2, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
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Greer and other Trump officials say trade imbalances with other countries and the lack of manufacturing in the US constitute a national emergency that must be addressed promptly and forcefully.
Wednesday’s hearing ended minutes before Trump issued a 90-day suspension on most tariffs, but raised China’s tariff levels to 125%. He said that countries that had not retaliated and instead called for trade consultations would enjoy a 90-day suspension and a 10% tariff level.
