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In solidly Republican Kentucky, resistance to President Donald Trump\u2019s trade wars has sprung up from a cross-section of key business sectors, GOP Sen. Rand Paul said Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paul said he\u2019s heard concerns from agriculture, the auto sector, bourbon production, home building and package shipping in response to Trump\u2019s aggressive use of tariffs. Paul \u2014 among the few GOP senators willing to challenge Trump on tariffs \u2014 met with a group of Louisville business leaders on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cVirtually every business that I have met in Kentucky has said they\u2019re not excited about having tariffs and that international trade has been good for their company and good for the consumer by bringing lower prices,\u201d the libertarian-leaning Paul told reporters afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul welcomed the sudden de-escalation of the trade conflict between the U.S. and China, when the two global economic powerhouses agreed Monday to slash their massive recent tariffs. The 90-day truce creates time for U.S. and Chinese negotiators to reach a more substantive agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnything we can do to bring down tariffs is good,\u201d Paul said. \u201cI said I\u2019ll be the first person to compliment President Trump if the end of this shakes out and in six months, all the tariffs are lower and there\u2019s more trade. I\u2019m perfectly willing and big enough to say: \u2018Good job, Mr. President.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump used tariffs in his first term and has been even more aggressive and unpredictable about imposing them in his second. He\u2019s slapped a 10% tariff on a myriad of countries, blowing up the rules that had governed global trade for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump dominated Kentucky in each presidential election since 2016, but the GOP lawmakers willing to speak out against his trade wars include Paul and Sen. Mitch McConnell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s tariffs forged a rare bipartisan alliance in Kentucky among the senators and Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear. They raised concerns that trade wars would drive up prices for consumers and damage key business sectors, including the bourbon industry. In Canada, some liquor stores cleared American spirits from their shelves amid trade acrimony and Trump\u2019s calls to make Canada the 51st state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump views tariffs as an all-purpose economic tool that can raise money for the U.S. Treasury, protect American industries, lure factories to the United States and pressure other countries to bend to his will, even on issues such as immigration and drug trafficking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul, who ran for president in 2016, has called for Congress to reassert its authority on the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTariffs are taxes, and the power to tax belongs to Congress \u2014 not the president,\u201d Paul said in a release last month. \u201cOur Founders were clear: tax policy should never rest in the hands of one person.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked Monday if he trusts the president\u2019s tactics on trade, Paul replied: \u201cI would prefer we weren\u2019t putting tariffs on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paul also raised concerns about the on-again, off-again nature of Trump\u2019s tariff policies, noting that \u201cbusinesses like certainty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really why most of us who believe in the free market think that government shouldn\u2019t be involved in so many decisions,\u201d he said. \u201cThese are the decisions that should be left to the marketplace to determine prices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the business leaders who met with Paul on Monday was Sarah Davasher-Wisdom, CEO of Greater Louisville Inc., the metro chamber of commerce in Kentucky\u2019s largest city. Participants updated the senator on what impacts the tariffs are having on their businesses, she told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe tariffs are creating a lot of uncertainty for businesses, and that makes it very difficult to operate. And it\u2019s driving up prices,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd the uncertainty itself is making it difficult for businesses to plan capital expenditures, making it difficult for them to plan out 90 days, 120 days.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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