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I think President Trump believes that they could easily solve the immigration problem for the US, and they could make a big dent in the fentanyl problem,
He's using trade as a tool to exact other policies. It's his leverage,
said Laffer, 84, who was an economic advisor to President Ronald Reagan and has long informally advised Trump, but is not part of his administration Donald Trump is doing exactly what any rational person would do understanding economics,
Arthur Laffer, one of the godfathers of supply-side economics, told AFP in an interview I hope we get the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act re-upped,
he added, referring to Trump's 2017 package of tax cuts, some of which is set to expire at the end of this year And I hope we get deregulation, we get cutting in government spending, and we go to a supply-side economy where we have a low rate broad-based flat tax, spending restraint, sound money, minimal regulations, free trade,
In order for that leverage to be true, in order for that leverage to really work, you have to be convinced that you will put those tariffs on,
I hope we get tariffs reduced dramatically, and non-tariff barriers reduced, and quotas reduced,
Now, I, of course, take comfort in the fact that Donald Trump wants the United States to remain and retain the position of a superpower and for that, you need allies, and I think those allies come from Europe,
Our Polish relations with the U.S. are very, very good and, as you said, we are buying lots of U.S. military equipment, tanks, fighter jets. Actually, you name it, we buy it,
But don't be naïve, there is probably a new shape of the world and of trade systems for tomorrow, so we have to be ready to change, but first of all we have to be united,
In foreign policy, you always have to react to a certain situation, especially when you come from a small state, and you realize that you work with whoever is the president of the biggest superpower in the world,
Stubb told CNBC's Steve Sedgwick at WEF on Wednesday We know how to do it, and we will do it step by step,
Domanski told CNBC at the WEF's annual meeting But, as a European Union, of course we must and we will remain united in our relations with the U.S.,
Europe is a very powerful continent in terms of industry, in terms of savings, in terms of purchase power, in terms of the single market. So, what we need now is to create more unity and to defend our values as well,
We have to stick together, this is very important,
Saint-Martin told CNBC's Dan Murphy at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday So, if I may simplify a little bit, though it is 'America First,' perhaps it should be Europe second, which is quite fine,
President Trump's Inauguration Day policy announcements on tariffs were more benign than expected,
said Alec Phillips, chief U.S. political economist at Goldman Sachs, in a note to clients Pursuing protectionism is just like locking one's self in a dark room. Wind and rain might be kept outside but so are light and air."
Ding referenced Chinese president Xi Jinping's 2017 speech I always say tariffs are the most beautiful words to me in the dictionary,
President Donald Trump said at his inauguration We recognize that there will be those times unfortunately as humans interact with one another because of our nature that there will be conflict,
