Why did it take so long to exempt coffee? Well, because TTIP was, or TPP was negotiated for eight years under Obama and it never came to fruition. We did deals with Southeast Asia, six months to get all the tariffs down. So I think that's really, really fast. Well, my opinion is those kinds of issues should have been worked out before we slapped tariffs on anybody. (04:31–04:34)
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