The most important highlights from Donald Trump's statement

Speaking in front of the New York Economic Club:

• Jobs were much smaller when he took over as President
• According to experts, we had no choice but to accept the situation of strangulation
• I know that if we work together, we can make America even bigger
• The Federal Reserve has increased interest rates too much and too quickly, and reduced them too slowly
• The Federal Reserve puts us in a weak competitive position with other countries
• The US is competing with other countries, and the Fed is limiting this opportunity
• If we had a Federal Reserve that worked well with us, US markets could be up 25% more
• Last year, GDP growth was strongest in the last decade
• We want companies to stay in the US
• The United States has enormous economic potential
• Taxes can be further reduced
• Corporate taxes can be further reduced
• US aims for energy independence
• China is exploiting its status as a "developing nation" of the WTO
• To be a strong America, it must be a nation of production
• We have built 10,000 new plants
• Europe has raised terrifying trade barriers to the US, even worse than the Chinese
• No other country has "cheated" as much on the US as China
• China is depreciating its currency, wanting a lot of trade
• We are nearing the signing of Phase 1, which may be very soon
• We will only accept a deal that is good enough for the US
• China is at its worst in 57 years
• We have good negotiations with Japan on a trade deal
• As we move forward with the USMCA, I will require it to pass through Congress

Questions and Answers:

• The industrial sectors are not affected by the administration's actions in the trade war
• Our inaction cost us a lot
• China begins to buy a lot of agricultural products If they do not make a deal with us, we will significantly increase tariffs

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