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John Hickenlooper: “Doing a massive global increase in tariffs...just stops…”

Featuring: John Hickenlooper, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Colorado

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Interview with Senator John Hickenlooper on Trump's Policies and Democratic Strategies

Published | Video Starts at 02:20

And then the place where you can't quite get balanced, then you put a tariff or you balance out your tariffs with each other, Doing a massive global increase in tariffs...just stops everything. And I can tell you, you know, I, it feels, I know it was a long time ago, but it feels like just yesterday that I was, you know, I … (02:20–02:27)

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Asserts that a global tariff increase halts economic activity.

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