Robert Lighthizer

If you have a system that keeps labor from getting its fair share of the pie, you're keeping wages down because of it, because of the, the, the statutory system. An example of that is this Huku system in, in, um, In China, where you can't really move around and be part of the system and get wages, just kind of stay where you were born.

But there are lots of other ones, not allowing unions, not allowing organization. I mean, there's a lot in the labor law. But it's subsidies. It's denying market access. It's fake money.

But there are lots of other ones, not allowing unions, not allowing organization. I mean, there's a lot in the labor law. But it's subsidies. It's denying market access. It's fake money.

But there are lots of other ones, not allowing unions, not allowing organization. I mean, there's a lot in the labor law. But it's subsidies. It's denying market access. It's fake money.

non-scientific standards to get products in it's it's it's value-added tax it's a tax system and explain that a little more fake standards so so so it's one of the big things we have fake is a see that just shows you that i'm a trump person right so a person a more sensible person than me would say non-scientific

non-scientific standards to get products in it's it's it's value-added tax it's a tax system and explain that a little more fake standards so so so it's one of the big things we have fake is a see that just shows you that i'm a trump person right so a person a more sensible person than me would say non-scientific

non-scientific standards to get products in it's it's it's value-added tax it's a tax system and explain that a little more fake standards so so so it's one of the big things we have fake is a see that just shows you that i'm a trump person right so a person a more sensible person than me would say non-scientific

So, I mean, you could take a case, a simple case, that how long should a tractor have to break before it stops? And you could say, okay, fine. You know, safety is – I'm making these numbers up. Safety is 40 feet, and maybe the Europeans would say, well, it's got to be 10 feet. We have to be very safe. And the net of that would be to eliminate products coming in, that kind of a standard.

So, I mean, you could take a case, a simple case, that how long should a tractor have to break before it stops? And you could say, okay, fine. You know, safety is – I'm making these numbers up. Safety is 40 feet, and maybe the Europeans would say, well, it's got to be 10 feet. We have to be very safe. And the net of that would be to eliminate products coming in, that kind of a standard.

So, I mean, you could take a case, a simple case, that how long should a tractor have to break before it stops? And you could say, okay, fine. You know, safety is – I'm making these numbers up. Safety is 40 feet, and maybe the Europeans would say, well, it's got to be 10 feet. We have to be very safe. And the net of that would be to eliminate products coming in, that kind of a standard.

Or health and safety. For example, the Europeans saying chicken shouldn't come in if you chlorinate it. That is to say when you're done, you put chlorine on it to make sure there's no microorganisms. They would say, well, that's unsafe. So it's sort of non-scientific standards like that. And there's a lot of them.

Or health and safety. For example, the Europeans saying chicken shouldn't come in if you chlorinate it. That is to say when you're done, you put chlorine on it to make sure there's no microorganisms. They would say, well, that's unsafe. So it's sort of non-scientific standards like that. And there's a lot of them.

Or health and safety. For example, the Europeans saying chicken shouldn't come in if you chlorinate it. That is to say when you're done, you put chlorine on it to make sure there's no microorganisms. They would say, well, that's unsafe. So it's sort of non-scientific standards like that. And there's a lot of them.

They're absolutely trade barriers. Everything I'm talking about either basically shifts national wealth from consumers to manufacturers to give them an edge. And the tax system, currency manipulation, there's all these things. These things are – the point I'm trying to make is are multiples – in terms of importance versus tariffs.

They're absolutely trade barriers. Everything I'm talking about either basically shifts national wealth from consumers to manufacturers to give them an edge. And the tax system, currency manipulation, there's all these things. These things are – the point I'm trying to make is are multiples – in terms of importance versus tariffs.

They're absolutely trade barriers. Everything I'm talking about either basically shifts national wealth from consumers to manufacturers to give them an edge. And the tax system, currency manipulation, there's all these things. These things are – the point I'm trying to make is are multiples – in terms of importance versus tariffs.

If we have equal tariffs with everyone in the world at zero, for example, we won't have a middle class. We won't have manufacturing because all these other factors will give them this unfair, uneconomic advantage. And we can go through – and the president, to his credit, in his truth where he laid this out, he said it's not just tariffs. It's all these other things.

If we have equal tariffs with everyone in the world at zero, for example, we won't have a middle class. We won't have manufacturing because all these other factors will give them this unfair, uneconomic advantage. And we can go through – and the president, to his credit, in his truth where he laid this out, he said it's not just tariffs. It's all these other things.

If we have equal tariffs with everyone in the world at zero, for example, we won't have a middle class. We won't have manufacturing because all these other factors will give them this unfair, uneconomic advantage. And we can go through – and the president, to his credit, in his truth where he laid this out, he said it's not just tariffs. It's all these other things.

And the – Jameson Greer of the USTR is looking at all these other things. But when we think of – The kind of migration for me, let me just say, was like, okay, we need free trade. And then you said, okay, we need fair trade. The reality is you can't get fair trade because there's too many ways to twist it. What we really need, I've evolved to, is balanced trade.