CBS "Face the Nation" interviews for 2025 races: on Free Trade


Marco Rubio: We're resetting the baseline for new bilateral agreements

This is a global--it's not against Canada. It's not against Mexico. It's not against the E.U. It's everybody. And then, from that new baseline of fairness and reciprocity, we will engage potentially in bilateral negotiations with countries around the world on new trade arrangements that make sense for both sides. Fairness. But, right now, it's not fair. We're going to reset the baseline and then we can enter into these bilateral agreements potentially with countries so that our trade is fair.
Source: CBS Face the Nation on 2025 Trump Cabinet Mar 16, 2025

Wes Moore: Tariffs are a tool; they're not an ideology

We're already seeing the impacts of these disastrous and frankly not very well thought out policies when it comes to tariffs. You know, tariffs are a tool. They're not an ideology. But this administration is using it like an ideology. And so, while these decisions are being made - made not with us, they're being made to us, we're already seeing how this is going to have a significant impact on the Port of Baltimore.
Source: CBS Face the Nation 2025 on 2026 Maryland Governor race Mar 16, 2025

Mehmet Oz: Tariffs on India and Europe to equalize U.S. drug prices

Q: The president put this 25% tariff on India, a big drug producer. The president's trade deal with the E.U. puts a 15 percent tariff on imported medicines from Europe. How do you stop the drugmakers from passing along those costs to people on Medicare and Medicaid?

OZ: Most favored nation pricing is a good example of that. About 2/3 of bankruptcies in America are caused by healthcare expenses. About 1/3 of people, when they go to the pharmacy, they leave empty handed. They can't afford the medication.

The president has said, "enough global freeloading." We've been covering much of the development costs for new drugs to cure cancer, [and] lots of other illnesses that are life- threatening. Isn't it time for the American public to understand that we should not be paying three times more for the exact same medication in the same box, made in the same factory? So, the president is saying, equalize it out.

Source: CBS Face the Nation on 2025 Trump Cabinet Aug 3, 2025

  • The above quotations are from CBS "Face the Nation" interviews for 2025 races
    (Margaret Brennan interviewing candidates for 2021-2025 races).
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2024 Presidential contenders on Free Trade:
  Candidates for President & Vice-President:
V.P.Kamala Harris (D-CA)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.(I-CA)
Chase Oliver(L-GA)
Dr.Jill Stein(D-MA)
Former Pres.Donald Trump(R-FL)
Sen.J.D.Vance(R-OH)
Gov.Tim Walz(D-MN)
Dr.Cornel West(I-NJ)

2024 presidential primary contenders:
Pres.Joe_Biden(D-DE)
N.D.Gov.Doug Burgum(R)
N.J.Gov.Chris_Christie(R)
Fla.Gov.Ron_DeSantis(R)
S.C.Gov.Nikki_Haley(R)
Ark.Gov.Asa_Hutchinson(R)
Former V.P.Mike Pence(R-IN)
U.S.Rep.Dean_Phillips(D-MN)
Vivek_Ramaswamy(R-OH)
S.C.Sen.Tim_Scott(R)
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