James Lankford: “Tariffs are a tax.”

“Senator, do you acknowledge that Americans ultimately pay the price of tariffs, as we just heard the vice president argue? Yeah, no question that Tariffs are a tax. The question is who actually pays that? Part of it's going to be paid by the importer. Part of part of it's going to be paid by the exporter.” (02:08–02:11)

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