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Chris Murphy: “China then decided to buy from Argentina.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 15:59

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. This all comes back to the Trump policy of across the board tariffs that are punishing the American people. (15:59–16:02)

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Asserts that China shifted its soybean purchases to Argentina.

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