Jamieson Greer: “Some of them [tariffs] are in place for leverage.”

“I can't affect the weather in Brazil and these other places. Second of all, all the tariffs that were imposed, some of them are in place to protect domestic supply chains. Some of them [tariffs] are in place for leverage. So in early September, the president announced that he was going to take the tariffs off of coffee and bananas and other things.” (04:01–04:06)

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