WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) released a statement after President Trump signed executive orders to tax goods from Canada, Mexico and China, jacking up the costs for American families:

“President Trump ran for president on a platform of lowering prices, but tariffs do the opposite. These tariffs could cost a typical family $1200 per year. They’re going to make it more expensive for Americans to buy anything from cars and phones to tomatoes and gas – as much as 50 cents per gallon in some parts of the country. We need a targeted response to combat cheating by China – not these across-the-board tariffs, including on our allies, that will increase prices and kill American jobs.”

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