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Katherine Clark: “Small businesses were hit first [by tariffs] because they…”

Featuring: Katherine Clark, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 5th Congressional District

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Diesel fuel a dollar higher than gasoline now. Yeah. And this is what I'm hearing, and you're so right, Lawrence. It was Small businesses were hit first [by tariffs] because they don't have the ability to have huge storage to buy in advance. And so some of what we're going to see around prices is still coming from the bigger outlets and retailers, but small businesses. (02:45–02:55)

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Asserts that small businesses were the first to be affected by tariffs due to lack of storage capacity.

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