PANews reported on April 12 that according to Xinhua News Agency, former US Vice President Mike Pence recently expressed his concerns about the current US government's large-scale tariff increase measures, calling this approach a "mistake". Pence served as vice president during Trump's first term. In an interview with The Hill on the 9th, he said that although the US government has withdrawn some of the most severe tariff measures imposed on its allies, its radical tariff policy may still bring potential risks to the Republican mid-term elections. Pence is another important Republican who criticized the tariff policy. Previously, the tariff policy has been criticized by many members of Congress within the Republican Party.