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Trump: ‘I didn’t do anything about tariff payments’

March 31, 2020 at 8:36 PM
President Trump has not approved of a reported plan to allow the deferment of tariff payments for 90 days, he said on Tuesday.  Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and many U.S. companies have in recent days urged the Trump administration to provide tariff relief to mitigate the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Trump has previously rejected those calls, contending that China is bearing the brunt of the tariffs. However, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday that Trump had decided...


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