Jon Decker on Trump's China and India Tariffs.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
John Decker is in the Washington, D C. Area this morning.
You never know, John, I may be wrong in that
our White House correspondent could be at the US Open
tennis matches over there in Queens. So where are you
this morning, John?

Speaker 2 (00:13):
I am right out by the entrance to the briefing
room as we speak. But I will be in Fleshing Meadows,
New York on Friday. So good, good, good observation. Yeah,
this time of year, you don't know where I'm going
to be, whether it's going to be at sixteen hundred,
Pennsylvania or in Fleshing Meadows, New York.

Speaker 1 (00:31):
Well, I know you're a big tennis guy. I won't
be here tomorrow. John Mounts will be here. Our program
Derec is going to be doing the show, and I'm
sure you'd love to talk to you about the US Open.
It's in three week tournaments fifteen days, and we're about
halfway through with it. I guess, kind of in the
middle of it right now. So we'll get the update
on that and I'll chat with you first week about
it as well. But let's let's talk about what's going

(00:52):
on now with this tariff situation with Indy and China.
Washington is really targeting India these days, and he's getting
ready to pull the trigger on the terrace with right,
I mean, where are we on all this?

Speaker 2 (01:03):
Well, I don't know about the second part of what
you said, getting ready to pull the trigger on tariffs
on China. The President hasn't done that, and he hasn't
threatened that. Now, what the President has done is what
you just said. He's pulled the trigger on those secondary
tariffs on products coming into the US from India fifty
percent tariffs JT. And the reason is is because India,

(01:24):
the President says, continues to purchase large amounts of oil
from Russia and that sustains Russia's economy. It's the stains
it's war effort against Ukraine.

Speaker 1 (01:35):
Well, when you talk about China, that's not been finalized yet.
He put it on a bit of a delay, and
you know, rightfully, so, I mean, China certainly is the
probably the big elephant in the room when it comes
to the tariffs in the countries around the world. So
you know, let's give it a little bit more time.
But have you heard any indication of where it's going
to land. Has there been good negotiations, bad negotiations. You know,

(01:57):
nothing's changed negotiations with China and the leadership.

Speaker 2 (02:02):
Well, that's been a really difficult trade agreement to actually
get done, but there are ongoing efforts. I don't know
where it's going to get done. I think that what
we've seen with the trade deals that have been announced
is these non tear of trade barriers for the European
Union for instance, or for South Korea, they have been

(02:23):
reduced significantly and that opens up markets for American farmers,
American ranchers for instance, and that's a good thing obviously
for our economy and for the work that they do. Well.

Speaker 1 (02:36):
When you get to the briefing room today, I would
imagine that there's going to be some discussion about the
CDC director who is now out and he's trying to
line everything up the way he likes it in his
current staff and on outside of the ripple effect around
other organizations like the CDC director, Susan Monrez has been ousted.

(02:59):
So you heard much about that since it happened.

Speaker 2 (03:02):
Well, it's pretty remarkable because the president was the one
who chose her for that job, and it was a
month ago that he chose her to lead the CDC,
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and that was
after he pulled his first choice that he had to
lead the CDC. She was ousted. As you point out,

(03:22):
she's hired a lawyer. She claims that she's never received
word that she's been fired. She hasn't submitted her resignation.
But to me, this one, unlike the FED, is pretty
cut and dry. You serve at the pleasure of the
president if you're in one of those positions, and if
the president for whatever reason wants you out, you're out.
And that's the case with her. Now. Four other top

(03:43):
members of the CDC leadership submitted their resignations yesterday, So
there's a little bit of turmoil right now at the
agency that really is responsible for directing health care and
health policy in the United States.

Speaker 1 (03:57):
All Right, we'll keep an eye on that and get
more from you on that, for sure, John Decker, Thank you, buddy.
I appreciate you.