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U.S. Vice President Harris, who has secured the Democratic presidential nomination, said at a campaign rally in North Carolina on the 16th that the import tariffs proposed by Trump are equivalent to imposing a "Trump tax" on daily necessities imported by the United States from other countries, which will increase the burden of life for Americans and "destroy Americans."

Harris announced a series of economic plans that day and compared them with the economic plans of her opponent, Republican presidential candidate Trump. The media commented that Harris' economic plan is generally consistent with that of the Biden administration, but it places more emphasis on reducing the cost of living.

During the Biden-Harris administration, inflation in the United States has remained high and prices have soared. Harris admitted that the current prices of daily necessities in the United States are "too high", but she said that Trump's economic plan will make it "even higher."

Trump's economic plan includes imposing high tariffs on imported products. Harris said this is equivalent to "imposing a national sales tax" on daily necessities and daily necessities imported from other countries, which means that the daily life burden of Americans will increase.

Harris called them "Trump taxes," including "Trump gas tax, Trump food tax, Trump clothing tax and Trump over-the-counter drug tax." Harris said economists estimate that Trump's plan will cause an average American family to spend $3,900 more per year.

Harris's remarks were subsequently rebuked by Trump. At a rally in Pennsylvania on the 17th, Trump sarcastically said that Harris had been the vice president for three and a half years, and now she keeps talking about reducing the cost of living, "Why didn't you do it before?"

Trump blamed Harris for the current soaring prices in the United States. He said that when Harris was vice president, she imposed a "Kamala Harris inflation tax" on ordinary Americans. (Reporter: Chen Dan; Video: Zhou Xiaotian)