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Edward Markey: “He also imposed an additional called reciprocal tariff on…”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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Senate Debate on Small Business Tariff Exemptions: Edward Markey vs. Bernie Moreno

Published | Video Starts at 01:38

On April 7, April 2, rather, President Trump imposed a 10% tariff on pretty much the whole world. In other words, a 10% tax on anything coming into the country. 10%. He also imposed an additional called reciprocal tariff on April 2nd as well. And those tariffs, for example, were an additional 20% on the EU or an additional, we'll just say 32% on Fiji for whatever reason. (01:38–01:48)

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Asserts that President Trump imposed additional reciprocal tariffs on April 2nd.

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