Was Trump Right to Increase Tariffs on Chinese Imports?

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🗓️ 28 February 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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President Trump recently enacted a ten percent additional tariff on Chinese imports, and China has enacted retaliatory tariffs in response. Those affirming the tariffs are necessary argue they will encourage citizens to buy more domestically produced products. Those against the tariffs argue they will also create a trade war, harming both economies and global supply chains. Now we debate: Was Trump Right to Increase Tariffs on Chinese Imports? Arguing Yes: Scott Paul, President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing Stephen Moore, Economist, Author, and Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation; Co-founder of Unleash Prosperity Arguing No: Jennifer Hillman, Senior Fellow for Trade and International Political Economy at the Council on Foreign Relations Rana Mitter, ST Lee Chair in US-Asia Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School Emmy award-winning journalist John Donvan moderates Arguing Yes: Scott Paul, President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing Stephen Moore, Economist, Author, and Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation; Co-founder of Unleash Prosperity Arguing No: Jennifer Hillman, Senior Fellow for Trade and International Political Economy at the Council on Foreign Relations Rana Mitter, ST Lee Chair in US-Asia Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School Emmy award-winning journalist John Donvan moderates Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:34.3	This is open to debate. I'm John Donvan for an episode we're doing in partnership with the Council on Foreign Relations.
0:40.3	It's on their stage. I stand now before a live audience in Washington, D.C., where, to put it mildly, things are moving kind of fast, since a new administration took over in the White House.
0:50.9	And in this one, we're going to catch a ride along with one of these fast-moving developments. Here's the question that we will now debate with the participation
0:57.6	of four expert debaters. Was Trump right to increase tariffs on Chinese imports?
1:04.3	Answering yes to our question, was Trump right to increase tariffs on Chinese imports? I want to
1:08.6	welcome Stephen Moore. He's an economist, an author,
1:11.2	a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation,
1:13.1	as well as co-founder of Unleashed Prosperity.
1:15.7	Stephen Moore, thank you so much for joining us on the program.
1:21.2	And your partner in this debate also arguing,
1:23.7	yes, an answer to the question is Scott Paul.
1:26.0	Scott is president of the Alliance for
1:27.5	American Manufacturing. Scott, thank you so much for joining us. It's great to have you here.
1:32.3	Opposing them, arguing no in answer to the question. I'd like to start with Jennifer Hillman.
1:36.5	Jennifer, you are a senior fellow for trade and international political economy here at the
1:40.7	Council on Foreign Relations. Thank you so much for lending your expertise to this conversation and debate. And finally, coming to another no, Rana Mitter. Rana is the
1:50.9	ST Lee Chair in U.S.-Asia Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School. Rana, thank you so much
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