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Mark Warner: “Total tariffs average about 18% right now.”

Featuring: Mark Warner, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Published October 29, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:58

And so what does this all mean in terms of an actual tariff rate? It means that Total tariffs average about 18% right now. Back at the beginning of this year, they were at 2.4%. 18%. That's the highest since the Great Depression. So you may ask, how did the President start imposing all these tariffs? (01:58–02:02)

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