Rep. Riley Moore’s first bill will let Trump unilaterally level tariffs
President Donald Trump will have an easier time levying tariffs if Rep. Riley Moore's first bill becomes law.
President Donald Trump has made his love of tariffs clear for decades; now, a new bill would grant Trump sweeping authority to unilaterally impose tariffs as he sees fit.
Rep. Riley Moore (R., W.Va.) and eight other House Republicans reintroduced the U.S. Reciprocal Trade Act, which grants the president authority to negotiate with other countries to lower tariffs on American goods, and to impose reciprocal tariffs as needed. Such measures would still require congressional notification.
This week, Trump successfully used the threat of massive tariffs on Colombia to force the country’s left-wing president to allow flights of illegal immigrants to land in the South American nation.
The bill is the first bill that Moore, a freshman, has led this Congress. “American manufacturing has endured decades of decline under the globalist system that has hollowed out our industrial base and shipped countless jobs overseas,” he said. “Leaders in both political parties deserve blame. But those days are over. President Trump was the first national politician in my lifetime to recognize this problem, campaign on it, and work to reverse that trend.”
Joining Moore in cosponsoring the bill are Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), Addison McDowell (N.C.), Mike Collins (Ga.), Nick Begich (Alaska), Abe Hamadeh (Ariz.), Barry Loudermilk (Ga.), Brian Jack (Ga.), and Michael Rulli (Ohio).
America 2100, the Center for Renewing America, and the Bull Moose Project endorsed Moore’s bill as well.