GOP Michi­gan Sen­ate con­tender backs key Trump trade pri­or­i­ty

EXCLUSIVE — For­mer Rep. Mike Rogers, who is run­ning for Sen­ate, said that he sup­ports a pro­pos­al that would give the pres­i­dent pow­er to impose rec­i­p­ro­cal tar­iffs.
Rogers, who served in Con­gress from 2001 to 2015, includ­ing as chair­man of the House Intel­li­gence Com­mit­tee, told the Wash­ing­ton Exam­in­er dur­ing an inter­view that he sup­ports for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump’s push to pass the Rec­i­p­ro­cal Trade Act, a law that would give the pres­i­dent fur­ther con­trol over the tar­iffs that the Unit­ed States impos­es.
Still, notably, Rogers did not go as far as endors­ing the idea of 10% across-the-board tar­iffs — an idea that Trump has float­ed and would be a tec­ton­ic shift in U.S. trade pol­i­cy and a mas­sive depar­ture from sup­ply-side eco­nom­ics that have long dom­i­nat­ed the Repub­li­can Par­ty.
But Rogers said he likes the rec­i­p­ro­cal tar­iff plan, which …