With the midterm election less than three months away, President Trump is effectively betting his presidency on the trade issue. Thus far, his aggressive use of tariffs as a negotiating tool have yielded few, if any, positive gains. If this unproductive trend continues -- or takes a turn for the worse as tariffs drive up costs for American consumersand businesses -- voters could very well hand control of the House of Representatives to Democrats. This would bring the entire Trump agenda to a halt and push his presidency into highly difficult territory: having to deal with an empowered Democratic party.
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