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Workers with these tariffs that were announced last week. are you worried that democrats are losing these blue collar workers that were so critical to the president's victory in 2016 and can your party bring them pack? joe biden seems to be trying awfully hard to reach out to those kinds of voters. what do you think about that? >> i don't think this is a political question. what i think is -- i've been a long time critic of america's trade policy. i think eve been negotiating trade deals for year that benefit giant multi-national corporations and that don't help workers or small businesses and...

Operations in the auto industry. the administration's decision to impose substantial steel and aluminum tariffs will adversely impact automakers, the supplier community and consumers as this would substantially raise costs. they're not the only ones complaining. electrolux. they make vacuum cleaners. they were going to build a plant in tennessee. they're not going to do that anymore. oil pipeline makers, home builders, all of these folks complaining about the possibility of higher prices in their businesses. just to give you one interesting fact to take away. talk about will this help workers....

That. i think it will decrease the debt and by the way, it's not the only answer. obviously we have to restrain spending but if you don't grow the economy you will not be able to get out from under this. i strongly believe that 1.9% economic growth number that we have to use, again under the budget process, is wrong. . i think this tax relief because of the changes, frankly, on the business side that help workers become competitive again, you know, we have the highest rate in the world among all the developed countries on our business side and that's driving jobs and investment overseas three ...

Gdp upward but both the imf and the commerce department's figures show we still have much more work to do. the president has spoken out clearly about the need for faster and more sustainable economic growth that will create jobs and raise incomes for americans. the imf has expressed support for a lot of the president's policies including more infrastructure spending, reforming our tax code, boosting educational outcomes and adopting family-friendly policies. the president is also working to end job killing government regulations and negotiate good trade policies that help workers. lastly, jord...

The commerce department figures show we still have much more work to do. the president spoken out clearly about the need for faster and more sustainable economic growth that will create jobs and raise incomes for americans. the imf has expressed support for a lot of the president's policies, including more infrastructure spending, reforming our tax code, boosting educational outcomes and adopting family friendly policies. the president is also working to end job killing government regulations and negotiate good trade policies that help workers. lastly, what deal breakers exist in senate negoti...