Whitmer Talks Damage of Trump Tariffs in Michigan Economic Speech

Tariffs upending international economic order

Tariff hikes across the board, political interference through trade threats, pressure on U.S. multinational corporations, supply chain disruptions — these are among the ways the Trump administration is trying to change economic globalization, from one based on consensus among the…

Tariffs 'exacerbate the problem': Whitmer rips Trump for damage to Michigan economy

Tariffs lodged by President Donald Trump would have an outsized impact on Michigan’s economic standing, particularly its manufacturing and automotive sectors, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in an economic speech Tuesday.“Michigan understands the negative consequences of unfettered trade with other countries that don’t play fair,” Whitmer said. “Decades of offshoring and outsourcing shipped hundreds of thousands of good-paying, middle-class jobs over…

Whitmer talks damage of Trump tariffs in Michigan economic speech

Tariffs lodged by President Donald Trump would have an outsized impact on Michigan’s economic standing, particularly its manufacturing and automotive sectors, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in an economic speech Tuesday. “Michigan understands the negative consequences of unfettered trade with other…

Gretchen Whitmer blames Michigan economic woes on Trump – but state's slide began on her watch - The Midwesterner

In a brief, scripted speech delivered on Tuesday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer blamed Michigan’s economic problems on “a man-made storm of uncertainty” brought on by “chaotic national tariff policies” under President Donald Trump. All available data and common sense, however, suggest something else. During the remarks in Lansing, Whitmer heaped praise on herself for creating and protecting jobs, before lamenting tariffs and Republicans in Lansing she c…