{"id":2423258,"date":"2025-04-14T11:22:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T15:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-economic-adviser-denies-mixed-tariff-messaging-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T11:22:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T15:22:45","slug":"trump-economic-adviser-denies-mixed-tariff-messaging-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-economic-adviser-denies-mixed-tariff-messaging-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump economic adviser denies mixed tariff messaging &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-economic-adviser-denies-mixed-tariff-messaging-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2423258&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Trump administration recently addressed concerns about mixed messaging related to its tariff policy. Kevin Hassett, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fncs-hilton-biden-presidency-dead-this-is-an-ex-presidency\/\" title=\"FNC&#039;s Hilton: Biden Presidency &#039;Dead&#039; ...... &#039;This Is an Ex...Presidency&#039;\">chief economic adviser<\/a>, attributed the confusion to technical staff not clearly communicating details regarding the exemptions for specific countries and products. While Trump announced a 90-day exemption on tariffs for certain trading partners, a worldwide 10% tariff remains in place as negotiations continue. Although there have been exemptions for certain electronics, Trump emphasized that no country would be exempt from future tariffs targeting semiconductors. The administration&#8217;s clear priority is addressing concerns about China&#8217;s influence in global trade, especially as the country seeks to strengthen ties with regional partners.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump economic adviser denies mixed messaging with tariff policy reversals<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2089597\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Trump administration denied on Monday that it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sunny-hostin-supports-vaccine-passports-shun-those-that-refuse-to-get-vaccinated\/\" title=\"Sunny Hostin Supports Vaccine Passports: \u2018Shun Those That Refuse To Get Vaccinated\u2019\">sending mixed messages<\/a> over its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">tariff policy<\/a>, with President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">chief economic adviser blaming technical staff<\/a> for the uneven rollout.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that the team members of the president haven&rsquo;t been surprised by news,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kevin-hassett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kevin Hassett<\/a>, director of the National Economic Council, told reporters when asked about confusion over whether certain countries or products are exempt from the tariffs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3379275\/watch-live-trump-meet-el-salvador-president-nayib-bukele\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump meets with El Salvador&rsquo;s President Nayib Bukele at the White House<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3379095\/trump-trashes-60-minutes-calls-on-fcc-strip-cbs-license\/\">Trump trashes 60 Minutes, calls on FCC to strip CBS of its license<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3379024\/trump-no-exemptions-from-new-tariffs\/\">Trump says there are no exemptions from new tariffs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;But I think that because of the normal development of things,&rdquo; Hassett said, &ldquo;like when you say we&rsquo;re covering this, and then the technical staff has to come out and say, &lsquo;Well, what exactly is this?&rsquo; If you have a semiconductor, is a toaster with a semiconductor a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-snubs-gop-leaders-on-new-iran-diplomacy\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Snubs GOP Leaders on New Iran Diplomacy\">national security matter<\/a> or not? There are people that have processes to decide those things, and those are ongoing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>With the exception of China, Trump gave a 90-day reprieve on the Liberation Day tariffs that he had slapped on U.S. trading partners earlier this month. A universal 10% tariff&nbsp;stays in place as the United States seeks to hammer out deals with dozens of countries that have reached out for talks.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Over the weekend, Customs and Border Protection added fuel to the on-again and off-again tariffs by&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3378738\/trump-administration-smartphones-electronics-exempt-tariffs\/\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">exempt<\/span>ing smartphones<\/a>&nbsp;and other electronics from the tariffs imposed on China.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Trump took to <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114332337028519855\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">social media <\/a>to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3379024\/trump-no-exemptions-from-new-tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">declare that<\/a> no country is getting &ldquo;off the hook,&rdquo; with the White House emphasizing the electronics would be subject to forthcoming semiconductor tariffs. Still, the president seemed to open the door to exemptions to that policy when speaking to reporters Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You know, you have to show a certain flexibility. Nobody should be so rigid. You have to show a certain flexibility,&rdquo; Trump said, according to pool reports.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>LIST: THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS PRESIDENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The vast majority of U.S. electronics are manufactured overseas, with China producing 80% of Apple smartphones sold in the U.S., but Trump is pressing to make the U.S. a key area for production and manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The White House is concerned about China, period,&rdquo; Hassett also told reporters when asked about China&rsquo;s efforts to further align itself with other regional countries. Chinese President Xi Jinping is in Vietnam on Monday for trade talks, with further stops in Malaysia and Cambodia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2089597\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2089597\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump adviser claims no mixed messages on tariff policy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2423259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP20171506929005-scaled-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[39558,50406,3634],"class_list":["post-2423258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-economic-advisor","tag-tariffs-2","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP20171506929005-scaled-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2423258"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2423262,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423258\/revisions\/2423262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2423259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2423258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2423258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2423258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}