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Jamieson Greer: “Countries that have giant surpluses with the US generally…”

Featuring: Jamieson Greer, U.S. Trade Representative | National

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Published | Video Starts at 40:51

If you want to have absolute certainty in avoiding tariffs, you should source as much from the US as possible. We have also tried to communicate and message, including through tariff rates we've applied over the past year, that the Countries that have giant surpluses with the US generally are going to have higher tariffs. because of a lot of the trade practices they have that have contributed to those higher surpluses. (40:51–40:56)

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Asserts that countries with large trade surpluses with the US will face higher tariffs.

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