You know, China used to take big advantage of us, but they don't take advantage of us anymore. Now we, you know, we compete very nicely with China. We put tariffs on China. The tariffs got too high. At one point, they were up to 145%. And I was saying, no, put tariffs on that. Put tariffs on for fentanyl, add 20%. And then one day I said, what's China paying now, Sir? They're paying 145%. (1:10:51–1:10:58)
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Asserts that tariffs on China reached 145% at one point.
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