This has raised housing costs and pushed homeownership out of reach for way too many families. President Trump's tariff war is making the problem even worse. For example, About 7% of goods that go into building a new home in The United States are imported with China being the largest supplier. of building materials by far. Things like appliances, lighting fixtures, power tools that construction workers use. Mr. Hughes, as you may know, President Trump just raised the tariffs on the goods we import from China to 145%. (02:47–02:57)
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Asserts that 7% of home-building materials in the US are imported, primarily from China.
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