Washington's Cantwell pushes plan to rein in Trump's tariff power
Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell has emerged as a leading voice in Congress opposing President Donald Trump’s universal tariffs announced last week.
Her new bipartisan legislation to give Congress more authority over trade policy has more than half a dozen Republican cosponsors in the U.S. Senate.
And on Tuesday, Cantwell was one of many senators who grilled the president’s top trade advisor after days of stock market turmoil, anxiety over the price of goods, and growing concerns about the country plunging into a recession.
“I represent a trade economy,” Cantwell told U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. “I represent the success of what innovation and trade gets you.
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