'You're pretty superhuman': Dem belittles Trump official over trade negotiations claim

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) questioned U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer during a Tuesday hearing about the tariffs, which will go into effect on Wednesday.

Greer explained that despite requests for negotiations, all tariffs will be implemented this week — and there is no way of knowing when they will be paused.

Masto asked Greer about his work on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and renegotiating the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement, also known as KORUS FTA. She noted that these were Trump-negotiated deals that the president is now effectively "ripping up."

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"Why would any country want to do business with us, much less negotiate a trade deal, if we don't even honor our ongoing agreements?" she asked.

Greer said that countries are forced to trade with the U.S., and some Asian countries "have built their entire economies around exporting to us." He claimed this is what caused the trade deficit.

"But there was a process for you to renegotiate that agreement this year," she said.

Greer agreed.

"Time matters," she continued. "How long did it take to negotiate the agreement, the USMCA?"

Greer admitted it was two years.

"Two years. And now you are telling us you have nearly 50 countries coming to you, approaching you to enter into negotiations, and you think you can do that overnight?" the senator asked. "Man, you're pretty superhuman here if that is the case. Let's be realistic. That is all we are asking, common sense and realism, as you sit here before us."

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