On April 16, GAI research director Seamus Bruner joined Andrew Wilkow on his SiriusXM radio show to discuss Trump’s tariffs and Gavin Newsom’s lawsuit against them, arguing Newsom’s pro-China stance and lack of legal standing make it grandstanding.
Bruner defended tariffs as a tool to force fair trade, noting China’s reliance on U.S. markets amid its economic woes. He critiques the hypocrisy of politicians on the left who use “fair share” rhetoric while criticizing the attempt to make international trade more fair to American business and pressing for the “re-shoring” of jobs to the US, or for “near-shoring” them to allies in Latin America in order to curb China’s dominance and address immigration problems.
Buying local and U.S.-made goods, Bruner says, supports American workers.