President trump past leaders let china take the crown jewels of american industry. Now, we are finally responding to years of chronic trade abuses by defending our workers with tariffs, and anything else that is necessary. Because nobody is going to steal our businesses, nobody will close our factories, and nobody will close our plants anymore. They are all coming back. [applause] susan President Trump has popularized the debate over tariffs in our country once again. But how long throughout our history have tariffs been a subject of political debate . Peter tariffs have been the topic of discussion from the beginning. Tariffs make great rhetoric. Really power people up. One could argue that the United States was founded on a tariff battle. Not american tariffs, but opposition to english tariffs. Susan we will spend some time we started asking questions about the tariff debate and we thought we would bring the audience along to learn more about the role of tariffs and American History.
E. J. good morning, everyone. Thank you for coming. Thank you to those who are joining us online. The hashtag for this event for those who want to quot the very distinguished panel or make any comment is impeachment101. I want to thank john allen for those remarks. I think it would show the seriousness of the think tank if john allens remarks alone could make federalist 65 go viral. Perhaps we can publish federalist cyst i5 as a brookings policy brief and turn Alexander Hamilton into a temporary senior fellow but think you so much. We have become almost accustomed to impeachment but this doesnt make it any less serious or complicated. It involves constitutional issues related to accusations of abuse of power and that loaded but illdefined phrase high crimes and misdemeanors our panel will try to define those for us or talk about how they have been defined at different moments in our history. It is also inevitably political in the high sense of that word and there is a high sense of the
England. At 11 00, another chance to seek u. N. Day with Peter Liebhold talking about the history of tariffs. Secretarytish foreign dominic raab stood in for Prime Minister Boris Johnson during question time. The Prime Minister was attending his parties conference in manchester, england. Questions focus on brexit, north korea, the uks policy and russian interference in u. S. Elections. This is just over 45 minutes. Thank you, mr. Speaker. A worldrenowned nature reserve in my constituency has been described as irreplaceable by sir david attenborough. It is threatened by proposals to build 500 houses on adjoining land. Well my right honorable friend put in a good word with the trimester to help them join me in line down [applause] [laughter] i think my right honorable friend. Thank my right honorable friend. I share his passage for preserving our natural habitats. He will understand i cant comment on individual planning applications. Mr. Speaker, yesterday marked the start of black Histo
It is great to see so many members of a Law Enforcement who are here today. Many of you have come a long way and we appreciate your presence. You are joined by those from the ngo community, industry, and capitol hill. Perhaps this is the first time that so many stakeholders in the lawful access conversation have been in one place. I am especially thankful to be joined by two good friends from abroad, our staunchest allies, the australian minister for home affairs, and the home secretary of the united kingdom. I think each of you for coming, accepting my invitation to be here. Our nations face a constellation of Common Security concerns, but we dont face them alone. We have always stood shoulder to shoulder in the fight for freedom, peace, and security, and we will continue to do so. Just last night, freddie and i on behalf of our governments signed the first ever agreement under the cloud act, which became law last year thanks to industry support, bipartisan congressional action, and t
Because nobody is going to steal our businesses, nobody will close our factories and nobody will close our plants anymore. They are all coming back. [applause] susan President Trump has popularized the debate over tariffs in our country once again. How long throughout our history have tariffs been a subject of political debate . Peter tariffs have been the topic of discussion from the beginning. Tariffs make great rhetoric. Really power people up. One could argue that the United States was founded on a tariff thatll. Not american tariffs, but opposition to english tariffs. Susan we will spend some time we started asking questions about the tariff debate and we thought we would bring the audience along to learn more about the role of tariffs and American History. Before we get into the meat of this, what is a tariff . Peter it is a tax. There are many different kinds of tariffs. You will hear about protectionist tariffs, punitive tariffs. But at the end of the day, the difference betwee