TRISH: PRESIDENT TRUMP FOLLOWING
THROUGH ON HIS AMERICA FIRST
TRADE POLICIES, TWO WEEKS FROM
TODAY.
THE PRESIDENT'S TARIFFS ON STEEL
AND ALUMINUM IMPORTS OFFICIALLY
GO INTO EFFECT.
MEXICO AND CANADA WILL BE EXEMPT
WHILE NAFTA IS BEING
RENEGOTIATED.
HE IS CREATING SOME LEVERAGE
HERE AND THE PRESIDENT SAYS
THERE IS SOME WIGGLE ROOM FOR
OUR ALLIES.
SOUNDS LIKE A NEGOTIATING TOOL
IF YOU ASK ME BUT THERE ARE
STILL SOME REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS
WHO ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT
THESE TARIFFS, INCLUDING MY NEXT
GUEST, REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN
FROM KANSAS KEVIN YODER.
CONGRESSMAN, WELCOME.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON THE
SHOW.
TRISH: SO YOU, YOU DON'T WANT
THE TARIFFS?
>> WELL, I THINK, FIRST OF ALL,
YOU ARE CHAMPIONING THE JOBS
REPORT TODAY AND THE ECONOMY AND
IT IS SUCH EXCITING NEWS.
I THINK WE'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT
THE JOBS BEING CREATED.
313,000 NEW JOBS LAST MONTH
ALONE, THE LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT
IN 18 YEARS, AND THAT IS A
DIRECT IMPACT FROM THE
PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC AGENDA.
LOWER TAXES, JOBS ACT AND CREATE
JOBS FOR AMERICANS AND TALKING
ABOUT THE REGULATORY
ENVIRONMENT.
BUSINESSES ARE RELIEVED THEY
DON'T HAVE TO FEEL ABOUT THE
BOOT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
COMING DOWN ON THEM.
THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO CREATE
JOBS.
TRISH: GOOD NEWS.
>> SO THE TARIFF POLICY COMES
FORWARD AND WE HAVE SOME
ECONOMY A LITTLE BIT, THAT MIGHT
HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT.
WE ALL WANT TO BRING STEEL AND
ALUMINUM JOBS BACK TO AMERICA
BUT WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS TO SEE
THAT HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON
JOBS IN OTHER SECTORS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN MANUFACTURING,
MANY MANUFACTURING JOBS DEPEND
ON STEEL AND ALUMINUM.
YOU KNOW, IN MY OWN DISTRICT WE
HAVE A GM PLANT.
WE MAKE CARS HERE.
2200 JOBS DEPEND ON THAT MARKET.
WE HAVE 6.5 MILLION JOBS IN
AMERICA THAT ARE MANUFACTURING
AND --
TRISH: I HEARD THIS ARGUMENT A
LOT LAST SELF DAYS.
I WILL CHALLENGE IT.
I WANT TO ASK THIS QUESTION.
I WAS TALKING WITH CONGRESSMAN
DUFFY LAST NIGHT.
HE HAS BEEN WRESTLING WITH THIS
IN TERMS OF LIKING SOME PARTS OF
IT, MAYBE NOT LIKING OTHER
PARTS.
HE HAD A GOOD POINT, TALKING
ABOUT HARLEY-DAVIDSON.
THE COST WILL INCREASE A LITTLE
BIT FOR HARLEY-DAVIDSON TO MAKE
THE MOTORCYCLES IN WISCONSIN.
HE DID SAY IF DONALD TRUMP CAN
NEGOTIATE BETTER TRADE DEALS
WITH ALL OF THESE COUNTRIES,
THEN OUR HARLEY-DAVIDSONS FROM
WISCONSIN ARE NOT GOING TO BE
ANYWHERE NEAR AS EXPENSIVE IN
CHINA OR INDIA OR OTHER PLACES
THAT ARE IMPOSING HEAVY, HEAVY
TARIFFS ON THOSE GOODS.
SO IF YOU GO AROUND THE WORLD,
AND YOU RENEGOTIATE THESE DEALS
AND YOU SAY, HEY, INYAW, YOU
CAN'T CHARGE THAT TAX OR TARIFF
ON HARLEY-DAVIDSON,
HARLEY-DAVIDSON OUGHT TO BE ABLE
TO STOMACH A LITTLE INCREASE IN
PRICE OF THE ALUMINUM OR STEEL
THAT GOES INTO THE MOTORCYCLE,
RIGHT.
CONVERSATION.
WE NEED TO RENEGOTIATE THE
AGREEMENTS TO MAKE THEM
AGREEMENTS GOOD FOR AMERICAN
WORKERS.
WE'RE ALSO AFRAID OF POTENTIAL
TRADE WARS.
IN KANSAS, WE'RE THE BIGGEST
WHEAT PRODUCER IN AMERICA.
OUR BIGGEST PURCHASER OF KANSAS
WHEAT IS MEXICO.
AND THEY ARE THE COUNTRY, WE
IMPORTS THE MOST AMOUNT OF STEEL
FROM MEXICO.
--
TRISH: YOU CAN EXPORT AS MUCH
YOU WANT TO EXPECTS CO, RIGHT,
BECAUSE MEXICO HAS QUOTAS.
HE WENT DO QUOTAS ON WHAT COMES
UP FROM THE BORDER TO MEXICO.
WE DON'T DO THAT TO THEM.
THEY DO THAT TO US.
CONGRESSMAN, DON'T YOU WANT TO
SEE THAT CHANGED SO YOU CAN SEND
AS MUCH WHEAT AS YOU WANT?
>> WE WANT BETTER TRADE DEALS.
WE DON'T WANT TO GET NO A TRADE
WAR.
TRISH: WELL YOU HAVE TO HAVE
LEVERAGE, RIGHT?
YOU CAN'T JUST ASK FOR STUFF.
YOU HAVE TO THREATEN --
>> WELL WE SAW ALREADY WITH
CHINA WHEN THE PRESIDENT PUT A
TARIFF ON SOLAR PANELS AND
WASHING MACHINES, THAT THEY PUT
HIGHER TARIFFS ON SORGHUM.
I HAD SORGHUM PRODUCERS, IN
KANSAS, A LOT OF IT, PRICE HAS
DROPPED.
THAT AFFECTS THEIR LIVELIHOOD.
ALREADY IN AGRICULTURE, WE'RE
FIVE YEARS, FIVE YEARS AGO THE
PRICES HAVE BEEN CUT IN HALF.
FARMERS ARE MAKING HALF WHAT
THEY WERE MAKING FIVE YEARS AGO.
SO YOU KNOW, THE POINT HERE
ISN'T TO SAY THAT WE ARE AGAINST
THESE BETTER TRADE DEALS.
WE'RE FOR BETTER TRADE DEALS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE WORK
BEING HAND IN HAND WITH THE
PRESIDENT TO THINK ABOUT ALL THE
DOWNSTREAM IMPACTS ON FARMERS
AND MANUFACTURERS.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT CERTAINLY
LISTENING TO OUR VOICES FROM
FOLKS LIKE PLACES LIKE KANSAS,
HE IS MODIFYING CREATING DEM
SHUNS THIS WEEK.
IT IS ANY WAY IN OPPOSITION TO
THE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA.
DON'T FORGET THE PEOPLE THAT
DEPEND ON THESE THINGS AS WELL.
TRISH: CONGRESSMAN, I THINK YOU
WILL DO ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T THINK YOU WILL LOOK AT
SMOOT-HAWLEY ALL OVER AGAIN.
I THINK IT WILL BE ACTUALLY BE
OKAY.
STAY ON IT.
>> THAT IS BECAUSE, I THINK THAT
IS BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT IS
LISTENING TO US, WORKING WITH