UAW President Fain: Tariffs Will Help Fix the 'Bleeding' Economy
President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada and Mexico "aren't the end solution" to fixing the American economy, but "they are a huge factor in fixing this problem,' United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain said Sunday.
"Tariffs are an attempt to stop the bleeding from the hemorrhaging of jobs in America for the last 33 years," Fain said in an interview on ABC News' "This Week." "We're in a crisis mode in this country."
He added that the United States has lost "millions of jobs" since the North American Free Trade Agreement took effect in 1994.
"There is no single issue in this country that has affected our economy and working class people and their jobs than NAFTA, the USMCA, and our trade laws," said Fain, referring to the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement. "We're in a triage situation."