Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) on Friday expressed tentative support for President Donald Trump’s trade policies, marking a shift from his previous opposition.

“I believe that he has put on notice a lot of trading partners that have had an imbalance of trade with us, and I think that that’s good,” Tillis told video journalist Nicholas Ballasy.

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Tillis added he believes “we’re in the early stages of the battle,” saying the “jury is still out” as the country waits for Trump to seal a final trade deal with China, ending the trade war with Beijing. However, the senator’s com

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