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Beth Van Duyne: “A lot of the tariffs that the President has thrown out, he's…”

Featuring: Beth Van Duyne, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 24

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Interview with Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne on Trump Administration Strategies and Legislative Priorities

Published | Video Starts at 22:59

It's very difficult to put, if you're going to use a tariff as a pay for, it's very difficult in this environment because you don't know what number that's going to be. A lot of the tariffs that the President has thrown out, he's taken back, he has paused, he's put on pause. And it's really being used as a negotiating strategy to bring these countries to the table to say, look, we want to have free trade, but it needs to be fair trade. (22:59–23:05)

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