The previous senator Sherrod Brown, of Ohio, joins Tyler Foggatt to debate the tumult that Donald Trump’s tariffs have inflicted on the worldwide financial system, and why progressives mustn’t merely oppose the President’s commerce coverage however supply a transparent various. “I’ve heard economists discuss these tariffs upending the worldwide order on commerce. Properly, to plenty of employees, something’s higher than the worldwide order on commerce. It’s our coverage drawback as a rustic, and it’s our political drawback for Democrats,” Brown says. Additionally they discuss his newest undertaking, the Dignity of Work Institute, a assume tank devoted to advocacy for the working class.
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