A group of Pennsylvania manufacturers surrounded Mike Pence as he offered his standard greeting from President Donald Trump. Pence is on a quiet mission to advance the administration's top legislative priority for the year — the troubled trade deal — and, with it, just maybe hold together the fraying
1 / 5Pence-PennsylvaniaVice President Mike Pence speaks at the Republican Party of Pennsylvania state dinner at the Radisson Hotel Harrisburg in Camp Hill, Pa., June 6, 2019. YORK, Pa. — A group of Pennsylvania manufacturers surrounded Mike Pence as he offered his standard greeting from President Donald Trump. The response was underwhelming.
Pence is on a quiet mission to advance the administration's top legislative priority for the year — the troubled trade deal — and, with it, just maybe hold together the fraying Republican coalition ahead of the next one. As Trump wagers on a trade war with China and threats of another with Mexico, Pence has been traveling the country trying to build support for a free-trade deal.
And Trump, who took over the GOP by storm, continues to be viewed skeptically by many party stalwarts. His now-delayed threat to place escalating 5% tariffs on Mexican imports spawned a war of words with the traditionally Republican U.S. Chamber of Commerce. "It just happens to be they are going to be Democrat-held seats, but also in states that we need to win in 2020," said Pence's chief of staff, Marc Short.
"While we disagree on tariffs, that doesn't change our really strong working relationship on things as important as USMCA," said Neil Bradley, the group's chief policy officer. He praised Pence's salesmanship:"As a former member he understands the power of a vice president going into a district and talking about the benefits of a particular policy and how to move votes.
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