Romney says the president has had four years to get tough on China but has "let China cheat."
The Romney campaign is also criticizing the president's "protectionism," specifically pointing reporters to a Romney campaign policy memo that says the tariff Mr. Obama placed on Chinese tires in 2009 in an attempt to protect the declining American tire industry has increased costs to consumers. A Romney spokesperson says the action was "ineffective" and "had nothing to do with addressing China's unfair trace practices."
That tire tariff is set to expire Wednesday and the Obama campaign has not yet indicated whether the president would renew it. Obama campaign spokesperson Lis Smith did accuse Romney of straddling both sides of the issue.
"So after spending months trying to reinvent himself as a trade warrior, Mitt Romney is now attacking President Obama for standing up to China on behalf of American workers in the tire industry?" Smith wrote in a statement. "If he can't decide where he stands on China, how should he expect the American people to trust him to stand up to them?"
The president also highlights complaints he filed with the World Trade Organization, including one earlier this month which targets Chinese auto parts manufacturers.
Romney says the president has had four years to get tough on China but has "let China cheat."
ReplyDeleteThe Romney campaign is also criticizing the president's "protectionism," specifically pointing reporters to a Romney campaign policy memo that says the tariff Mr. Obama placed on Chinese tires in 2009 in an attempt to protect the declining American tire industry has increased costs to consumers. A Romney spokesperson says the action was "ineffective" and "had nothing to do with addressing China's unfair trace practices."
That tire tariff is set to expire Wednesday and the Obama campaign has not yet indicated whether the president would renew it. Obama campaign spokesperson Lis Smith did accuse Romney of straddling both sides of the issue.
"So after spending months trying to reinvent himself as a trade warrior, Mitt Romney is now attacking President Obama for standing up to China on behalf of American workers in the tire industry?" Smith wrote in a statement. "If he can't decide where he stands on China, how should he expect the American people to trust him to stand up to them?"
The president also highlights complaints he filed with the World Trade Organization, including one earlier this month which targets Chinese auto parts manufacturers.