On April 13, former US Treasury Secretary Summers said on a CNN program that the US government's claim that it wants to push the manufacturing industry back to the US through high tariffs is completely unconsidered; it will only be counterproductive. Summers also said that the current US tariff policy is the “worst self-harm” caused by economic policy since World War II. An American children's goods dealer also pointed out that if a factory were to be set up in the US, then the cost of each product is expected to increase two or three times as much as it is now.

On April 13, former US Treasury Secretary Summers said on a CNN program that the US government's claim that it wants to push the manufacturing industry back to the US through high tariffs is completely unconsidered; it will only be counterproductive. Summers also said that the current US tariff policy is the “worst self-harm” caused by economic policy since World War II. An American children's goods dealer also pointed out that if a factory were to be set up in the US, then the cost of each product is expected to increase two or three times as much as it is now.