华盛顿-参议院周四通过了一项决议，将撤销许多总统职位唐纳德·特朗普的全球各地的关税，这是华盛顿对他的贸易策略不满的最新迹象总统庆祝他与中国的谈判取得了成功。
在与中国领导人习近平会晤后，川普表示，他将削减这个亚洲经济巨人的关税，中国也将相应削减关税购买2500万公吨在接下来的三年里。共和党总统声称他的贸易谈判将确保“数百万美国人的繁荣和安全。”
但回到华盛顿，参议员们——几位来自特朗普的共和党——已经通过了对特朗普关税策略的异议本周的一系列决议将会使特朗普为证明进口税合理而宣布的国家紧急状态。本周，参议院已经批准了终止对巴西和加拿大征收关税的决议。虽然立法努力最终注定失败，但它们暴露了共和党的断层线。
最新的决议将有效结束特朗普的大部分关税政策，以51比47的投票结果通过，四名共和党人与所有民主党人一起加入。
支持民主党决议的肯塔基州共和党参议员兰德·保罗称赞川普降低了对中国的关税，但表示结果“仍然比我们所得到的高得多”
“这仍然会导致价格上涨，”他说。
投票结果是由民主党人策划利用一项几十年前的法律，允许国会取消总统紧急状态。但是众议院共和党人已经制定了一项新的法律，允许领导层阻止此类决议进行投票表决。此外，特朗普肯定会否决限制他对贸易政策权力的立法，这意味着该立法最终不会生效。
但是民主党人仍然能够迫使参议院为他们的共和党同僚提出一个令人不快的话题。
俄勒冈州民主党参议员罗恩·怀登在一次演讲中说:“美国家庭正受到价格不断上涨的挤压。”。他补充说，“在许多方面，农村地区的红色州受到的打击最大”，并指出农民和制造商面临的经济压力。
总体而言，共和党人几乎没有公开反对特朗普的进口税。今年4月，在肯塔基州共和党参议员米奇·麦康奈尔(Mitch McConnell)缺席后，一项几乎相同的决议因票数相等而失败。周四，麦康奈尔和保罗，以及阿拉斯加州参议员莉萨·穆尔科斯基和缅因州参议员苏珊·科林斯，与所有民主党人一起投票通过了这项决议。
这四名共和党人本周帮助推动了类似的决议，以结束对巴西和加拿大的关税。北卡罗来纳州共和党参议员托姆·蒂利斯也投票支持这项法案适用于巴西的决议但除此之外，共和党参议员本周一直支持总统。
“我同意我的同事们的看法，即关税应该更有针对性，以避免对美国人造成伤害，”参议院财政委员会主席迈克·克拉波(Mike Crapo)在一次发言中说。然而，他补充说，特朗普的谈判“正在取得成果”，并称赞他宣布北京将允许出口稀土元素，并开始再次购买美国大豆。
代表农业州的共和党人对中国将每年购买2500万吨大豆的声明尤为兴奋，今年剩余时间将从1000万吨开始。
堪萨斯州共和党参议员罗杰·马歇尔(Roger Marshall)表示，与中国的协议“绝对”证明特朗普利用关税威胁与其他国家谈判贸易政策是合理的。他称这一宣布对堪萨斯州的农民来说是“巨大的消息”，但也承认他们可能仍然需要财政援助，因为他们要应对失去大豆和高粱最大客户的压力。
他说，“你不可能打个响指，一夜之间就把价值150亿美元的高粱和大豆运到一起。”
直到今年，中国一直是美国大豆的最大买家。它购买了几乎2024年达到2700万公吨因此，特朗普的谈判协议只能保证向中国出口的大豆回到低于以前的水平。
民主党人表示，美国人不应该被特朗普的声明愚弄。
纽约州参议院民主党领袖查克·舒默(Chuck Schumer)表示:“唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)已经认输，让美国家庭、农民和小企业来处理他的失误、他反复无常的关税政策造成的破坏。”。
4 Republicans back Senate resolution to undo Trump's tariffs around the globe
WASHINGTON --The Senate passed a resolution Thursday that would undo many of PresidentDonald Trump'stariffs around the globe, the latest note of displeasure at his trade tactics in Washington that came just as thepresident celebratedhis negotiations with China as a success.
After a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea, Trump said he would cut tariffs on the Asian economic giant and China would in turnpurchase 25 million metric tonsof U.S. soybeans annually for the next three years. The Republican president claimed histrade negotiationwould secure “prosperity and security to millions of Americans.”
But back in Washington, senators — several from Trump's Republican Party — have demonstrated their dissent with Trump's tariff tactics by passinga series of resolutions this week that would nullifythe national emergencies that Trump has declared to justify the import taxes. Already this week, the Senate approved resolutions to end tariffs imposed on Brazil and Canada. While the legislative efforts are ultimately doomed, they exposed fault lines in the GOP.
The latest resolution, which would effectively end most of Trump's tariff policies, passed on a 51-47 vote, with four Republicans joining with all Democrats.
Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican who backed Democrats on the resolutions, credited Trump for decreasing the tariffs on China, but said the result is “still much higher than we’ve had.”
"It still will lead to increased prices," he said.
The votes wereorchestrated by Democratsusing a decades-old law that allows Congress to nullify a presidential emergency. But House Republicans have instituted a new law that allows the leadership to prevent such resolutions from coming up for a vote. Plus, Trump would surely veto legislation that inhibits his power over trade policy, meaning the legislation won't ultimately take effect.
But Democrats have still been able to force the Senate to take up an uncomfortable topic for their Republican colleagues.
“American families are being squeezed by prices going up and up and up,” said Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, in a floor speech. He added that “in many ways, red states in rural areas are being hit the hardest,” and pointed to economic strain being put on farmers and manufacturers.
Overall there has been little movement among Republicans to oppose Trump's import taxes publicly. A nearly identical resolution failed in April on a tied vote after Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was absent. On Thursday, McConnell and Paul, as well as Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine, voted along with all Democrats to pass the resolution.
Those four Republicans helped advance similar resolutions this week to end the tariffs on Brazil and Canada. Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, also voted in favor of theresolution applying to Brazil, but otherwise, GOP senators have held the line this week behind the president.
“I agree with my colleagues that tariffs should be more targeted to avoid harm to Americans,” said Sen. Mike Crapo, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, in a floor speech. Yet he added that Trump's negotiations “are bearing fruit” and praised his announcement that Beijing would allow the export of rare earth elements and start buying American soybeans again.
Republicans representing farm states were especially enthused by the announcement that China would be purchasing 25 million metric tons of soybeans annually, starting with 10 million metric tons for the rest of this year.
Sen. Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican, said the deal with China “absolutely” justifies Trump's use of tariff threats to negotiate trade policy with other nations. He called the announcement “huge news” for Kansas farmers, but also acknowledged that they would still probably need financial help as they deal with the strain of losing their biggest customer for soybeans and sorghum.
“It’s not like you can snap your finger and send over $15 billion worth of sorghum and soybeans together overnight,” he said.
China had been the largest purchaser of U.S. soybeans until this year. It purchased almost27 million metric tons in 2024, so Trump's negotiated deal only guarantees to return soybean exports to China to less than their previous level.
Democrats said that Americans shouldn't be fooled by Trump's announcement.
“Donald Trump has folded, leaving American families and farmers and small businesses to deal with the wreckage from his blunders, from his erratic on again off again tariff policies,” said Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York.
