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Governor Jared Polis Discusses U.S.-Canada Trade Tensions and Tariffs on Power Play

Published | Video Starts at 02:58

Well, it's one of many sort of throw, you know, throw the mud against the wall arguments. Right. It's everything from this will raise money to reduce the deficit, which it won't because The economic damage actually decreases revenue far more than the tariffs. Gener will, as you said, manufacturing, border security, I've heard, preventing drugs from being imported illegally. I don't know if there's a deeply held belief there. (02:58–03:02)

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Asserts that the economic damage from tariffs decreases revenue more than the tariffs generate.

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