White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett argued on Sunday that the administration’s tariffs against Mexico, Canada, and China were not about a trade war, but a drug war.
Hassett made the remarks during a Sunday interview on ABC News’ “This Week” when asked what was driving President Donald Trump’s decision-making on the matter.
“What happened was that we launched a drug war, not a trade war, and it was part of a negotiation to get Canada and Mexico to stop shipping fentanyl across our borders,” he said. “And as we’ve watched them make progress on the drug war, then we’ve relaxed some of the tariffs that we put on them because they’re making progress. And so, that drug war is something that’s been going on since really the beginning of the Trump administration.”
He said that the administration was going to release a study in April…
