Ben Shapiro: “As a general area of policy, we should not be dropping gigantic tariffs, particularly on countries that we are trying to ally against China”
Shapiro: “I expect that Secretary Bessent is going to come up with some sort of win-win for President Trump”
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From the July 8, 2025, edition of The Daily Wire's The Ben Shapiro Show
BEN SHAPIRO (HOST): With all that said, this is why I expect that Secretary Bessent is going to come up with some sort of win-win for President Trump where Trump is going to get to declare some sort of trade victory, but we are going to avoid these gigantic tariffs that he is set to drop on a wide variety of countries, including Japan and South Korea.
As a general area of policy, we should not be dropping gigantic tariffs, particularly on countries that we are trying to ally against China. Japan is threatened by China. South Korea is threatened by China. We should be trying to draw those people in, not trying to alienate them outward so that they are going to trade more with China.
If you wish to box in China, you have to set up a ring of trade fire around China, and that would involve more free trade agreements, not fewer free trade agreements with places like Japan and South Korea.