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Mark Pocan: “People are starting to forget that you can use tariffs…”

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

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Mark Pocan Discusses Trade Policy and Tariffs with Laurie Wallach and Rohit Chopra

Published | Video Starts at 25:14

It's like literally in the book of like, hello, line drawing, things not to do with tariffs is what they have done. And I don't know about you, but I'm worried that, you know, because of this, People are starting to forget that you can use tariffs wisely. And I've heard some comments from elected officials that show me some damage has been done. It just makes me want to cry because the combination of everything else about Trump that is upsetting, that makes people reactive to Trump. (25:14–25:19)

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Asserts that there is a growing perception that tariffs cannot be used effectively.

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