Sunday shows - Trade experts talk Trump tariffs

View in your browser     Ross: 'There may be some retaliation' on tariffs By MALLORY SHELBOURNE    Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross on Sunday conceded that there might be some retaliation over the United States’ decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, but argued any retribution will be "trivial." “As to the idea of retaliation, sure they may well be some sort of retaliation, but the amounts that they're talking about are also pretty trivial,” Ross told ABC’s “This Week.”  Read the full story here     White House trade adviser defends tariffs to ‘protect economic and national security’ By MALLORY SHELBOURNE   “This is an action basically to protect our national security and economic security,” Peter Navarro told CNN’s “State of the Union.”  Read the full story here     White House’s Navarro: No exemptions to steel and aluminum tariffs By LUIS SANCHEZ    “As soon as he starts exempting countries, he has to raise the tariff on everybody else,” Peter Navarro said during a heated interview with Fox News Sunday’s Chris Wallace. Read the full story here     White House trade adviser dodges over US leaving World Trade Organization By MALLORY SHELBOURNE   Peter Navarro told CNN’s Jake Tapper on "State of the Union" it was “a provocative question” to ask if the Trump administration will pull the U.S. out of the intergovernmental group. Read the full story here     Manchin echoes White House in blaming China for new Trump tariffs By MALLORY SHELBOURNE   “When you look at who produces the steel in the world, 50 percent of the steel produced in the world comes from China. The United States is the largest importer of the steel,” Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) said. “Connect the dots.” Read the full story here     Former George W. Bush chief of staff: Trump wrong about trade wars being 'easy to win' By LUIS SANCHEZ    “Nobody wins a trade war, especially in these globalized days,” Joshua Bolten said. Read the full story here     Senate Dem: Trump 'trying to have it both ways' on guns By KYLE BALLUCK    “I think he knows that the mood of the country has shifted such that he and his party are going to pay a huge price at the polls in 2018 and 2020 if they don’t start supporting things like universal background checks,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said on ABC’s “This Week.” Read the full story here     Graham: Both parties would 'suffer' if Congress doesn't take up gun legislation By MALLORY SHELBOURNE    “If we don’t take this up and Democrats don’t work with us, we’ll all suffer and we should,” Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) told CBS’s “Face the Nation.”  Read the full story here     Manchin: Trump would sign my background checks bill By MALLORY SHELBOURNE   “I really believe he would,” the West Virginia Democrat told CNN’s “State of the Union” when asked if he though Trump would sign the bill.  Read the full story here     Parkland father: Trump listened to my suggestions at White House By MALLORY SHELBOURNE   “There’s not much anyone’s going to say that’s going to make anything better for me,” Andrew Pollack told CBS’s “Face the Nation. “But he listened to things and suggestions that I had and what we’re working on in Florida.” Read the full story here     Priebus counsels White House staff to ignore ‘distractions’ By KYLE BALLUCK    “I think what the staff has to do is focus in on the results,” former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus said on ABC’s “This Week.” Read the full story here     Priebus: Impeachment talk doesn’t help Dems in moderate districts By JOHN BOWDEN   Former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus is warning Democrats against talk of impeaching President Trump, saying such ideas don't help Democrats connect with voters in moderate districts. Read the full story here     Christie: Trump's family making it more difficult to run White House By JACQUELINE THOMSEN    “The situation is made much worse by the fact that we have family members in the White House." Read the full story here     Ex-Obama chief of staff: Russia response was 'watered down' By LUIS SANCHEZ   The Obama administration’s response was "dramatically watered down" on the insistence of now-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Denis McDonough said. Read the full story here     Senate Intel member distances from House committee on approach to Russia probe By LUIS SANCHEZ   Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) said on Sunday that there isn’t much of a relationship between the two congressional committees working on the Russia probe. Read the full story here     Roger Stone: Mueller likely trying to snag Trump over Flynn, Comey firings By JOSH DELK    Longtime Trump adviser and Republican operative Roger Stone believes special counsel Robert Mueller may be attempting to snag President Trump in his Russia probe on a technicality, he explained in an interview Sunday.  Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.