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Mark Pocan: “42,600 [small businesses] on average [were impacted by…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Rep. Pocan Talks Tariffs on MS NOW

Published | Video Starts at 00:04

Who pays tariffs are these small businesses who've been impacted, 42,600 [small businesses] on average [were impacted by tariffs] last September. And then they pass the costs on to consumers. So before I sold my business, when Donald Trump started his tariffs last year, I started getting increases on aluminum sheets. (00:04–00:08)

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Asserts that 42,600 small businesses were impacted by tariffs in September.

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