Mark Pocan: “When you indiscriminately use tariffs, like Donald Trump is…”

“If China is dumping cheap steel in the United States, we tariff steel to support our steel industry, the people who are in those jobs, and the ripple effect, the auto industry and others. Right. To make sure that they're all protected. But When you indiscriminately use tariffs, like Donald Trump is, it's much like a monkey throwing its dung at the zoo. You don't know where it's going to land, but you know, it's going to be messy, like just doing this. In fact, I think on with the French products, I don't know.” (34:04–34:14)

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