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Jamieson Greer: “If you want to have absolute certainty in avoiding tariffs…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 40:32

I think there are two types of uncertainty. The one type is the one you were talking about, which is everyone knows the direction of travel at this point. Everyone should know. 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 … (40:32–40:38)

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