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Chris Murphy: “China responded by saying, well, if you're going to impose…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Published | Video Starts at 15:44

But when he put those across the board tariffs in place, not only is that a national sales tax, it comes out of the pocket of every single American. But China responded by saying, well, if you're going to impose greater tariffs on us, we're not going to buy so many of your soybeans. So that punished American farmers. And to add insult to injury, China then decided to buy from Argentina. And then Donald Trump and Scott Bessant bail Out Argentina. (15:44–15:54)

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Asserts that China reduced soybean purchases from the U.S. in response to tariffs.

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