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Donald Trump: “The tariffs are driving people in from Canada, Mexico…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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President Trump Delivers Remarks at the Future Investment Initiative

Published | Video Starts at 1:00:29

We're building more automobile plants than any time in the last 50 years for a lot of reasons, I think number one, maybe the election. But number two, and a close number two is tariffs. The tariffs are driving people in from Canada, Mexico, Germany, Japan, South Korea. The coming in. We're building auto plants all over the United States. Tens of billions. I met Mr. Toyota in Japan. I said, what's your name? (1:00:29–1:00:35)

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Asserts that tariffs are encouraging companies from these countries to invest in the U.S.

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