s aren't happy the chamber of commerce for its part saying this quote, imposing tariffs places the cost of china's unfair trade practices squarely on the shoulders of american consumers, manufacturers, farmers and ranchers this is not the right approach there's been a high volume of reaction in washington today some manufacturing groups are in support of the move. for the most part, republicans have been hedging saying the end goal is the right one. they are still not sure if this is the way to get there. >> one of the lines in the lease today that jumped out at me was that it said that u.s. companies may have an interest in importing items from china covered by the additional duties accordingly they will provide an opportunity for the public to request a particular product from the additional duties subject to this action what does that mean? >> there's a platform for feedback for companies to weigh in if this is something that will hurt them