Support baseline Tariffs on Foreign-made goods, pass the Trump Reciprocal Trade Act, and respond to unfair Trading practices. As Tariffs on Foreign Producers go up, Taxes on American Workers, Families, and Businesses can come down.
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- The American Presidency Project (2024 Republican Party Platform)https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-republican-party-platform ↗
“Support baseline Tariffs on Foreign-made goods, pass the Trump Reciprocal Trade Act, and respond to unfair Trading practices. As Tariffs on Foreign Producers go up, Taxes on American Workers, Families, and Businesses can come down.”
- LiveNOW from FOX (RNC acceptance speech full transcript, July 18, 2024)https://www.livenowfox.com/news/donald-trump-rnc-speech-transcript-watch-full-video ↗
“We will take over the auto industry again and many, many hundreds of thousands of jobs. We're going to bring back car manufacturing and we're going to bring it back fast. Those plants are going to be built in the United States and our people are going to man those plants.”
“GM plans to invest $4 billion in three American assembly plants, including moving or increasing production of two Mexican-produced vehicles to U.S. plants.”
- The White House (Proclamation 10908)https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/adjusting-imports-of-automobiles-and-autombile-parts-into-the-united-states/ ↗
“All imports of articles specified in Annex I to this proclamation or in any subsequent annex to this proclamation, as set out in a subsequent notice in the Federal Register, shall be subject to a 25 percent tariff”
“Although some companies have responded to the tariffs by promising to invest in the U.S., building those factories could take years.”
- Wikipedia – Agenda 47 article (citing donaldjtrump.com Agenda47 video, Feb 27 2023)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agenda_47 ↗
“We will revoke China's Most Favored Nation trade status, and adopt a four-year plan to phase out all Chinese imports of essential goods — everything from electronics to steel to pharmaceuticals.”
- The White House (Presidential Proclamation)https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/restriction-on-entry-of-certain-nonimmigrant-workers/ ↗
“The large-scale replacement of American workers through systemic abuse of the program has undermined both our economic and national security.”
- The White House (Executive Order 14257)https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/regulating-imports-with-a-reciprocal-tariff-to-rectify-trade-practices-that-contribute-to-large-and-persistent-annual-united-states-goods-trade-deficits/ ↗
“articles imported into the customs territory of the United States shall be subject to an additional ad valorem rate of duty of 10 percent”
- The Singju Post (Economic Club of New York speech transcript, Sept 5, 2024)https://singjupost.com/full-transcript-trump-speaks-at-the-economic-club-of-new-york/?singlepage=1 ↗
“A reduction in the corporate tax rate from 21% to 15%, solely for companies that make their product in America. You have to make your product in America.”
- GovInfo (Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-202500165/html/DCPD-202500165.htm ↗
“we're going to bring it down from 21 to 15 percent if—this is a big 'if'—if you make your product in the U.S.”
- The White House, Economic Report of the President (2026)https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ERP-2026-1.-The-Economic-and-Fiscal-Benefits-of-the-One-Big-Beautiful-Bill-Act.pdf ↗
“Corporate tax rate Stays at TCJA levels”
- History Musings — Full Text: Trump's Gettysburg Address Speech (Contract with the American Voter)https://historymusings.wordpress.com/2016/10/22/full-text-campaign-buzz-2016-october-22-2016-donald-trumps-gettysburg-address-speech/ ↗
“I will announce our withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership...I will announce my intention to renegotiate NAFTA or withdraw from the deal under Article 2205...I will direct my Secretary of the Treasury to label China a currency manipulator.”
- RealClearPolicy — Donald Trump's Contract with the American Voterhttps://www.realclearpolicy.com/articles/2016/10/30/donald_trumps_contract_with_the_american_voter.html ↗
“Announce our withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and begin renegotiating NAFTA to get a much better deal for American workers.”
- GovInfo (Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-201700064/html/DCPD-201700064.htm ↗
“I hereby direct you to withdraw the United States as a signatory to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), to permanently withdraw the United States from TPP negotiations”
- Office of the United States Trade Representativehttps://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2020/june/ambassador-lighthizer-celebrates-usmcas-entry-force-today-landmark-trade-agreement-fulfills-core ↗
“The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) enters into force today, replacing the job-killing NAFTA failure.”
“China has a long history of facilitating an undervalued currency through protracted, large-scale intervention in the foreign exchange market.”
- P2016.org — Trump Address: Declaring American Economic Independence, Monessen PAhttps://p2016.org/trump/trump062816sp.html ↗
“I am going to withdraw the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which has not yet been ratified. The TPP would be the death blow for American manufacturing.”
- The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) — Trump RNC Acceptance Speechhttps://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-accepting-the-presidential-nomination-the-republican-national-convention-cleveland ↗
“I am going to bring our jobs back to Ohio and Pennsylvania and New York and Michigan and all of America. I will never, ever sign bad trade deals. America first, again!”
“By the time Trump left office in January 2021, the U.S. had 178,000 fewer manufacturing jobs than when his presidency began.”
- White House (archived) - Executive Order, Aug. 3, 2020https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-aligning-federal-contracting-hiring-practices-interests-american-workers/ ↗
“whether contractors (including subcontractors) performed in foreign countries services previously performed in the United States, and, if so, whether opportunities for United States workers were affected by such offshoring”
- CBS Newshttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/carrier-workers-betrayed-by-trumps-promise-to-save-their-jobs/ ↗
“Only 700 union jobs were saved. Six hundred others will be lost, and Carrier is not paying a price.”
- CBS Newshttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/transcript-donald-trump-announces-his-presidential-candidacy/ ↗
“I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created. I tell you that. I'll bring back our jobs from China, from Mexico, from Japan, from so many places. I'll bring back our jobs, and I'll bring back our money.”
“As far as recorded government data shows, Trump would actually be the first since Herbert Hoover lost the presidency as Great Depression job losses then gripped the nation.”
- Federal Registerhttps://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/25/2025-05212/immediate-measures-to-increase-american-mineral-production ↗
“It is imperative for our national security that the United States take immediate action to facilitate domestic mineral production to the maximum possible extent.”
“Manufacturers in the U.S. are cutting thousands of jobs even as President Trump pushes economic policies that he says will revitalize the industry.”
- The White House (Presidential Memorandum)https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/america-first-trade-policy/ ↗
“make recommendations to ensure that such agreements are being implemented in a manner that favors domestic workers and manufacturers, not foreign nations”
- The White House (archived)https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-proclamation-adjusting-imports-steel-united-states/ ↗
“This relief will help our domestic steel industry to revive idled facilities, open closed mills, preserve necessary skills by hiring new steel workers, and maintain or increase production.”
- The White House (archived)https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-executive-order-buy-american-hire-american/ ↗
“it shall be the policy of the executive branch to rigorously enforce and administer the laws governing entry into the United States of workers from abroad”
“Nationwide employment at steel and iron mills stood at 80,600 in 2017 -- and registered the exact same number of workers last year.”
“there were fewer Americans working in the coal industry in January 2020 ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic than there were in January 2017”
- Georgia Public Broadcastinghttps://www.gpb.org/news/2024/09/25/trump-campaigns-in-savannah-pledging-higher-tariffs-and-lower-corporate-tax-rate ↗
“For years, we watched other countries steal our jobs. Now, we are going to be going after their jobs and bringing them back to America where they belong. Trump also promised to appoint a 'manufacturing ambassador' tasked with convincing foreign companies to 'pack up' and build factories in the U.S.”
“The former president also said he would appoint a specialized "manufacturing ambassador" if he wins a second term in the White House.”
- Federal Register (GovInfo)https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-03/html/2025-05908.htm ↗
“The Investment Accelerator shall facilitate and accelerate investments above $1 billion in the United States by assisting investors as they navigate United States Government regulatory processes efficiently”
- Rumble – Trump Agenda47 video: Returning Production of Essential Medicines to America (July 24, 2023)https://rumble.com/v321rke-agenda47-reshoring-production-of-essential-medicines-to-end-bidens-pharmace.html ↗
“As part of my plan to obtain total independence from China, we will phase in tariffs and import restrictions to bring back production of all essential medicines to the United States of America where they belong.”
- The White House (Fact Sheet)https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-bolsters-national-security-and-strengthens-u-s-supply-chains-by-imposing-tariffs-on-patented-pharmaceutical-products/ ↗
“The impending Section 232 tariffs have already spurred approximately $400 billion in new investment commitments from U.S. and foreign pharmaceutical companies, which will be spent in the United States during President Trump's current term in office.”
- The White House (Presidential Proclamation)https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/04/adjusting-imports-of-pharmaceuticals-and-pharmaceutical-ingredients-into-the-united-states/ ↗
“Imports of patented pharmaceuticals and associated pharmaceutical ingredients, as listed in Annex I to this proclamation, will be subject to a 100 percent ad valorem duty rate.”
- P2016.org — Trump Speech at Detroit Economic Club, August 8, 2016https://p2016.org/trump/trump080816sp.html ↗
“Lifting energy restrictions would create 500,000 new jobs and increase wages by over $30 billion over the next 7 years.”
- The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) — Trump Campaign Statement on Visashttps://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-donald-j-trump-position-visas ↗
“I will end forever the use of the H-1B as a cheap labor program, and institute an absolute requirement to hire American workers first for every visa and immigration program. No exceptions.”
“The substance and application of the $100,000 payment reveal that it is a tax, regardless of what the payment is called.”
- Office of the U.S. Trade Representativehttps://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2017/august/ustr-announces-initiation-section ↗
“Today, U.S Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer formally initiated an investigation of China under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.”
- Office of the U.S. Trade Representativehttps://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2018/march/following-president-trump%E2%80%99s-section ↗
“Today, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) – at the direction of President Trump – filed a request for consultations with China at the WTO to address China's discriminatory technology licensing requirements.”