Gretchen Whitmer: “Getting rid of these capricious tariffs.”

“I mean, they're already operating on an unlevel playing field. We've got to do a lot of things to make the United States more competitive and to move faster. That includes Getting rid of these capricious tariffs. But there's a lot more work that we need to do here. To shore up not just this industry, but manufacturing generally. The president has said he wants foreign direct investment in the United States.” (09:13–09:16)

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