Peter Navarro: ‘The Tariffs Are to Defend This Country from China’s Economic Aggression’

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NAVARRO: "I think the point is that the tariffs are to defend this country from China’s economic aggression against our technology and innovation base. They’re working with steel and aluminum. They have attracted a tremendous amount of investment so we can have two key pillar industries. It's strong for the defense industrial base. What President Trump has recognized is that economic security is national security. So when we strengthen our economy, we’re also strengthening our national security. And this is a philosophy which permeates everything we do, corporate tax cuts, deregulation, the steel and aluminum tariffs, all of these policies. And China, getting back to this idea, this is more historical than Nixon/Kissinger because China is at an inflection point. It either has to change itself structurally and come into the world of free trading nations and be peaceful, or continue doing what it’s doing. If it’s doing to continue doing what it’s doing, we have a president that’s going to stand up to that for once and the American people should be appreciative of that."