Biden’s Commerce Secretary: The Data Shows Trump’s Tariffs on Chinese Imports Were ‘Effective’

Officials in the Biden administration are moving to reverse many of former President Donald Trump‘s policies.

However, Commerce Secretary 👤Gina Raimondo told MSNBC that Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum imports were effective.

Host Stephanie Ruhle asked Raimondo if the Biden administration plans to keep Trump’s tariffs in place.

She responded, “Those tariffs have been effective. The data show that those tariffs have been effective.”

“And I think what President Biden has said is we’re going to have a whole-of-government review of all of these policies and decide what makes sense to maintain,” she added.

Watch the video below:

In 2018, Trump imposed tariffs on aluminum imports from every country except for Canada and Mexico, a move he cast as a national security decision.

“A strong steel and aluminum industry are vital to our national security, absolutely vital,” he said at the time, adding, “Steel is steel. You don’t have steel, you don’t have a country.”

Trump later expanded