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Kristen Welker: “Banana prices are up almost 7%, coffee prices up nearly 19%.”

Featuring: Kristen Welker, Host of Meet the Press | National

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Published | Video Starts at 03:28

The USTR has been working very hard on trade deals and the trade deals that have been in the works for six or eight months coincide with many Latin American, Central American countries where the food stuff you just named come from. Well, and Banana prices are up almost 7%, coffee prices up nearly 19%. Isn't the fact that you're rolling back tariffs in admission that ultimately they do drive up prices for consumers? Chris, how much does your arm weigh? That I do not know exactly. (03:28–03:33)

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