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John Hickenlooper: “Even if we go to a 10% tariff for truly small businesses…”

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

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Senator Hickenlooper Discusses Small Business Challenges and Trade Policies

Published | Video Starts at 04:49

But everyone I talk to is in a state of terror that they feel they will not be able to get through this. Whatever is 18 months, it could be two years, four years. When you're looking at, Even if we go to a 10% tariff for truly small businesses, that is an unsupportable burden. It puts their entire business at risk, something they've in many cases have worked their whole lives to get the opportunity to start and to create, and now suddenly they're … (04:49–04:55)

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Asserts that a 10% tariff would be an unsupportable burden for truly small businesses.

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