Harris Trade Views Absent from Party Platform

Posted 8/24/24

Vice President Kamala Harris may now be the Democratic nominee for President, but the party platform approved by Democrats at their convention in Chicago still reflects the positions of President Biden, including on trade and international economic policy.

During her tenure as vice president, trade policy has not been a key part of Ms. Harris’ portfolio. In recent remarks since becoming the presumptive nominee, she has sharply criticized former President Trump’s across-the-board tariffs proposal, calling it a tax on US consumers and indicated that she will hold to the Biden Administration’s vision of a “worker-centric” trade policy.

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