allies. those protected trade measures have the potential to effect jobs numbers in the months and years to come. the tariffs effect three trading partners trading allies that account for more than $2 trillion in goods and services. our allies are not taking this lightly. what they can do, we are able to do exactly the same. it s totally unacceptable that it s imposing unilateral measures when it comes to trade. that, of course, was the european commission president they announced retaliatory tariffs on products. while mexico slapped tariffs on pork bellies, grapes, apples, and flat steel. the reprisals hitting farmers and particularly hard. farmer trump country. we re not really being given any weapon to use on the front line.
considers to be bad trade deals. but what he s inconsistent with ask he s also said he wants to raise economic growth. this is not positive for economic growth. we just had the government yesterday report first quarter growth in 2018 of 2.2 %. remember, this is a president who promised to get to 3% on a sustained basis or 4 %. this is not going to help that. and as sara indicated in that interview, wilbur ross kept saying prices will go up but not that much. markets down, not that much. we may annoy our allies, but not that much. you start doing enough damage to yourself, it s going to add up to something. sara, is wilbur ross willing to call this a trade war? we announced tariffs and within minutes, mexico says not so fast. how about pork bellies and we know more is coming from europe. so can he really say it s not a trade war? he is saying it s not a trade war, and that s been the
aluminum. if you were a company thinking of investing in a new factory, even one making steel, how confident could you be that the policy of landscaping will still be the same when you ve finished reading it it for now. if you re going to do this, if you think. this is for the way the people who made it america does, when at least you have an economy that seems to have the numbers? you have key senate races in states like missouri and indiana and north dakota where republicans are finding respites from democrats and incumbents who will get hit hard. farmers, the fact of a soybean retaliation, is going to be bad. pork bellies, america