Senate votes to end Trump's global tariffs

[muriel_volestrangler]

For a third time this week, a bipartisan group of Senators rallied to nullify the global “reciprocal” tariffs imposed by the Donald Trump on more than 100 US trading partners.

The 51-47 tally came just hours after Trump emerged from crucial trade talks with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping, a meeting the US president described as “amazing” and “truly great”. Trump said Chinese imports would now be subject to a 47% tariff, down 10 percentage points.

Republican senators Susan Collins of Maine, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Rand Paul of Kentucky joined all Democrats in favor of the resolution, as they did to repeal the levies on Canada and Brazil earlier this week.

The measure, however, is all but certain to stall in the House, where the Republican majority approved new rules to ensure such resolutions do reach the floor for a vote. Nevertheless it shows a rare degree of Republican push back against a president who has had no qualms trampling Congress’s power. It has also proven to be an effective way for out-of-power Democrats to expose cracks between the president and members of his party, forcing Republican senators to choose between their long-standing support for free trade and Trump’s tariff policy.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/oct/30/donald-trump-xi-jinping-meeting-live-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-690394fa8f084e5a6d198a80#block-690394fa8f084e5a6d198a80

I wonder if the numbers on this are another reason for Johnson refusing to swear Adelita Grijalva in - there might be a few old-fashioned free trade Republicans in the House thinking "hey, Reagan told me blanket tariffs are bad!".