WASHINGTON: In an exclusive interview with IANS, US Representative Ami Bera advised against President Donald Trump’s threats of escalating US–China trade confrontation. He cautioned that a tariff war would ultimately “hurt the American consumer” and urged the White House to resume diplomacy rather than ramp up economic hostilities.
“I think trade war, tariff wars, this is not a good idea. It’s certainly going to hurt the American consumer, ” the India-American Democrat lawmaker from California said, noting that the topic was discussed with regards to India when he recently visited the country.
Bera contended that it would be “good for the President to meet with Xi Jinping, the hope here is to avoid a trade war.”