VIDEO: TVW: Washington to Washington: Tariffs & The Economy featuring Sen. Chris Gildon

From the ports to farms to high-tech manufacturing and the grocery aisles, federal tariff policy has wide-ranging implications. What is the impact of hundreds of millions in tariffs and the outlook for the future in Washington. Republicans take issue with the focus on tariffs and believe there are greater threats to the state’s economy.

Sen. Chris Gildon:

“$9.5 billion dollars in new taxes really dwarfs those hundreds of millions. And that was what was passed last session by the progressives in the state legislature. Historic levels of tax increases that is going to trickle down through the economy and ultimately the consumer is the one that’s going to bear the burden.”