Mike Pompeo in 2022 KS Senate race


On Free Trade: 2009: free trade among nations; 2019: trade war with China

In 2009, Pompeo wrote a guest column in The Wichita Eagle laying out the path forward for Republicans reeling from their loss to Barack Obama. Among the principles Pompeo urged Republicans to adhere to was "free trade among nations," along with limited government and broad political freedoms.

As Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo said the Trump administration is 'determined to fix' the trade wars with China and that the biggest growth opportunity for U.S. agriculture products is in Asia. To Pompeo, there is no contradiction between his own full-throated support of free trade as a congressman and Trump's strategy of imposing tariffs on China and other countries. "Oh my goodness, the president is deeply free trade," he said. "Let's be clear, the trade war with China was started decades ago, and no president was prepared to take it on." He argued that the short-term pain caused by retaliatory tariffs will pay off in the form of better long-term trading deals.

Source: McClatchy news service on 2022 Kansas Senate race Mar 17, 2019

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