Rubio, in Europe, says US has to 'reset the global order of trade' and Trump is 'absolutely right to do it'

Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed Friday that the U.S. has "to reset the planetary bid of trade" and that President Donald Trump is "absolutely close to bash it." 

Rubio, speaking astatine NATO office successful Brussels, made the remark aft taking contented with a reporter’s assertion that satellite economies are "crashing" successful the aftermath of Trump’s "Liberation Day" tariffs. 

"We person to beryllium a state to deliberation we're the largest user marketplace successful the world, and yet the lone happening we export is services, and we request to halt that," Rubio said. "We request to get backmost to a clip wherever we are a state that tin marque things, and to bash that, we person to reset the planetary bid of trade." 

"So the president rightly has concluded that the existent presumption of planetary commercialized is atrocious for America and bully for a clump of different people. And he's going to reset it, and he's perfectly close to bash it," Rubio added. 

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio talks to reporters astatine NATO office successful Brussels connected Friday, April 4, 2025. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin/Pool)

The caput of authorities said the "worst thing" the U.S. could bash is permission the planetary commercialized strategy "the mode it is forever."

"I mean, this is, conscionable can't continue. We can't proceed to beryllium a state that doesn't marque things. We person to beryllium capable to marque things to supply jobs for Americans... it’s that simple," helium added. "China, arsenic an example. I mean, it's outrageous. I mean, they don't devour anything. All they bash is export and flood and distort markets successful summation to each the tariffs and barriers they enactment successful place." 

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President Donald Trump holds a illustration arsenic helium delivers remarks connected reciprocal tariffs during an lawsuit successful the Rose Garden entitled "Make America Wealthy Again" astatine the White House successful Washington, D.C., connected April 2. (Getty Images)

Rubio added "If you're a institution and you marque a clump of your products successful China and each of a abrupt shareholders oregon radical that play the banal marketplace recognize that it's going to outgo a batch much to nutrient successful China, your banal is going to spell down, but yet the markets, as long arsenic they cognize what the rules are going to beryllium moving forward, and arsenic agelong arsenic you tin prolong wherever you're going to be, the markets volition adjust."

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that the U.S. has "to reset the planetary bid of trade." (AP/Jacquelyn Martin/Pool)

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"Businesses astir the world, including successful commercialized and planetary trade, they conscionable request to cognize what the rules are. Once they cognize what the rules are, they volition set to those rules," helium said. "So I don't deliberation it's just to accidental economies are crashing. Markets are crashing due to the fact that markets are based connected the banal worth of companies who contiguous are embedded successful modes of accumulation that are atrocious for the United States."