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Kamala Harris
stated on August 12, 2019 a CNN interview:

It "is estimated that as many as 300,000 auto workers may be out of a job before the end of the year."

By Chris Nichols • August 21, 2019

Peter Navarro
stated on August 18, 2019 an interview:

U.S. tariffs on China are "not hurting anybody" in the United States.

By Tom Kertscher • August 20, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on August 13, 2019 a speech in Monaca, Pa.:

"We were losing all our cases in the World Trade Organization. ... And then I came along. Now we’re winning a lot of cases because they know that they’re not on very solid ground."

By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on August 13, 2019 a speech at a chemical plant in Pennsylvania:

Says the large trade deficit with Japan stems from them sending "millions of cars," while "we send them wheat," but the deficit is "changing rapidly."

By Jon Greenberg • August 15, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on July 12, 2019 an interview:

U.S. farmers are receiving $16 billion "out of the tariffs that we’ve gotten from China."

By Eric Litke • August 2, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on July 12, 2019 a speech at Derco Aerospace:

"Mexico, they took 30% of our automobile business."

By Eric Litke • July 23, 2019

Kamala Harris
stated on June 1, 2019 a speech at the California Democratic Party Convention:

President Trump’s tariffs are "taking $1.4 billion out of working people’s pockets every month."

By Chris Nichols • June 10, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on June 4, 2019 remarks at a business roundtable in London:

The United Kingdom is "our largest (trading) partner."

By Jon Greenberg • June 5, 2019

Anthony Scaramucci
stated on May 11, 2019 an interview:

China’s developing country status in the World Trade Organization "means they can tariff and embargo."

By John Kruzel • May 15, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on May 9, 2019 remarks at the White House:

Tariffs are "paid for mostly by China, by the way, not by us."

By Louis Jacobson • May 14, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2019 a rally:

"We have been losing to China for many years, $500 billion a year.

By D.L. Davis • April 30, 2019

West Virginia Republican Party
stated on April 2, 2019 a tweet:

"West Virginia’s exports increased for the second year in a row in 2018, reaching $8.1 billion. Additionally, West Virginia’s export growth rate was 14.2%, nearly double the national average of 7.6%."

By Jensen Mills, Stephanie Alvaro • April 24, 2019

Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on January 30, 2019 a joint statement:

Potential Foxconn changes are due to "the wave of economic uncertainty" from Evers administration

By Eric Litke • February 1, 2019

Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 2, 2019 a tweet:

"Wisconsin lost over 600 farms last year & our farmers can't afford the #TrumpShutdown."

By D.L. Davis • January 9, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on January 2, 2019 a tweet:

"Mexico is paying for the Wall through the new USMCA Trade Deal."

By Miriam Valverde • January 4, 2019

Joe Manchin
stated on October 14, 2018 an op-ed:

The United States imports "50 percent of at least 50 mineral commodities each year, including 100 percent of 21 of them."

By Mary Alice Truitt • December 3, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on October 20, 2018 an exchange with reporters:

Saudi Arabia has ordered $450 billion, "$110 billion of which is a military order," producing "over a million jobs."

By Jon Greenberg • October 23, 2018

Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on September 10, 2018 a mailer :

"Leah Vukmir OPPOSES Buy American legislation."

By D.L. Davis • October 17, 2018

Chris Collins
stated on October 10, 2018 a direct mail campaign ad:

"Nate McMurray lobbied to send our jobs to China. (And Korea, too.)"

By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 12, 2018

National Taxpayers Union
stated on October 10, 2018 Washington Examiner op-ed:

"The latest round of tariffs now means that the total tax increase on Americans from enacted tariffs exceeds the tax increases from the Affordable Care Act."

By Manuela Tobias • October 12, 2018

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