The Hon. Sajith Premadasa
Sajith Premadasa argued that Sri Lanka should proactively engage members of the US Senate and House Sri Lanka Caucuses to address tariffs unilaterally imposed by the US administration. He said these concerns were foreseeable following President Trump’s election platform on retaliatory tariffs, and noted that bipartisan efforts in the US Senate were reportedly underway to restrict presidential authority to impose such tariffs.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, while I accept fair requests for time, I must note we anticipated this issue since President Trump’s election last year; his platform openly advocated global retaliatory tariffs. My questions about Sri Lanka Caucuses in the US Senate and House are important because their members can use institutional influence to press the US Government on unilaterally imposed tariffs. If we can directly engage these Senators and Representatives, we could make progress. For your information, both Republicans and Democrats are reportedly moving a Senate bill to limit the President’s unilateral tariff powers.
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Cite as: The Hon. Sajith Premadasa. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 April 2025. No. 1747807095041246. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/3836