Robert Lighthizer

You know, you can move them around based on need to get to your objective of balance. But any three of those things would work. And I just think and obviously the president thinks that tariffs are the simplest, easiest, most understood way to kind of do it. And the objective has to be to offset all unfairness.

You know, you can move them around based on need to get to your objective of balance. But any three of those things would work. And I just think and obviously the president thinks that tariffs are the simplest, easiest, most understood way to kind of do it. And the objective has to be to offset all unfairness.

You know, you can move them around based on need to get to your objective of balance. But any three of those things would work. And I just think and obviously the president thinks that tariffs are the simplest, easiest, most understood way to kind of do it. And the objective has to be to offset all unfairness.

And to get – move towards – over a period of time, move towards balance and ultimately have balanced trade. If you had balanced trade, you'd have another trillion dollars' worth of domestic GDP, right? I mean it would be a huge boom and most of it would be – or a lot of it would be in manufacturing and things spun off by manufacturing. And that's what the president is trying to do.

And to get – move towards – over a period of time, move towards balance and ultimately have balanced trade. If you had balanced trade, you'd have another trillion dollars' worth of domestic GDP, right? I mean it would be a huge boom and most of it would be – or a lot of it would be in manufacturing and things spun off by manufacturing. And that's what the president is trying to do.

And to get – move towards – over a period of time, move towards balance and ultimately have balanced trade. If you had balanced trade, you'd have another trillion dollars' worth of domestic GDP, right? I mean it would be a huge boom and most of it would be – or a lot of it would be in manufacturing and things spun off by manufacturing. And that's what the president is trying to do.

He's trying to get us – to use tariffs, to move towards balance, to get a better distribution of wealth within our country so that working people end up with a higher percentage of the wealth. And we have this economic boom that's going to come by from reducing that huge perennial trade deficit.

He's trying to get us – to use tariffs, to move towards balance, to get a better distribution of wealth within our country so that working people end up with a higher percentage of the wealth. And we have this economic boom that's going to come by from reducing that huge perennial trade deficit.

He's trying to get us – to use tariffs, to move towards balance, to get a better distribution of wealth within our country so that working people end up with a higher percentage of the wealth. And we have this economic boom that's going to come by from reducing that huge perennial trade deficit.

So I think that's, you know, I think that's fundamentally wrong. So the first thing they would say is, manufacturing doesn't matter.

So I think that's, you know, I think that's fundamentally wrong. So the first thing they would say is, manufacturing doesn't matter.

So I think that's, you know, I think that's fundamentally wrong. So the first thing they would say is, manufacturing doesn't matter.

Oh, there are people, yeah.

Oh, there are people, yeah.

Oh, there are people, yeah.

No, well, you'd have to, you're in a pretty small group of people that have everything in common except sense. So this is a view that, We people who think like I do, and I believe the president's in this category, really think manufacturing is essential. One, the wages are better. The benefits are better. People stay in the jobs better for that group of people that are not going to be.

No, well, you'd have to, you're in a pretty small group of people that have everything in common except sense. So this is a view that, We people who think like I do, and I believe the president's in this category, really think manufacturing is essential. One, the wages are better. The benefits are better. People stay in the jobs better for that group of people that are not going to be.

No, well, you'd have to, you're in a pretty small group of people that have everything in common except sense. So this is a view that, We people who think like I do, and I believe the president's in this category, really think manufacturing is essential. One, the wages are better. The benefits are better. People stay in the jobs better for that group of people that are not going to be.

brain surgeons and astronauts. Secondly, if you look at manufacturing, it employs about 80% of American engineers. It accounts for about 90% of private sector R&D. It disproportionately accounts for productivity gains.

brain surgeons and astronauts. Secondly, if you look at manufacturing, it employs about 80% of American engineers. It accounts for about 90% of private sector R&D. It disproportionately accounts for productivity gains.