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Donald Trump: “We get a zero tariff in the free trade, we don't pay…”

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Donald Trump and Jerome Powell Discuss Construction Overruns and Economic Deals

Published | Video Starts at 04:12

That way they have a little bit lower tariff. And they also opened their country to free trade, which nobody thought was even a possibility. And We get a zero tariff in the free trade, we don't pay tariffs. And they're going to pay 15% on everything they send into our country. So it's great. But they put up, as you could call it, seed money. Let's call it seed money. (04:12–04:16)

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Asserts that the U.S. will not pay tariffs under the new trade deal with Japan.

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