Mike Pence Group Chides Trump Tariffs for Hurting US Job Market

President Donald Trump’s fluctuating tariffs have weighed down US job growth with rising costs and uncertainty for companies, according to a new memo from the group founded by former Vice President Mike Pence.

The labor market is showing continued signs of weakness, both in the number of jobs and the number of people working, Advancing American Freedom Foundation said Friday as new government data showed the unemployment rate edged up to 4.4 %.

“The jobs reports expose where tariffs are showing up most in the economy - jobs,” Tim Chapman, the Pence group’s president, said in a statement. ...