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John Cornyn: “The 50% tariff that the president put on India to discourage…”

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Published | Video Starts at 15:24

And that hasn't been the case. But. And I think that's beginning to settle out with the temporary pause on some of the, because of the negotiations now in some other areas, like The 50% tariff that the president put on India to discourage them from continuing to buy below market Russian oil. which they refine and sell in the open market that fuels the Russian war machine in Ukraine. It's obviously not for trade purposes. It's for leverage, as you pointed out. (15:24–15:34)

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