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Mike Rogers: “If you penalize, know, sugar beets going into China at x…”

Featuring: Mike Rogers, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Michigan

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Mike Rogers roundtable with Michigan farmers in Hudsonville

Published | Video Starts at 24:14

But basically what it was is a reciprocal tariff on China for a. If you're selling us a product that was stolen with our intellectual property, there should be an extra penalty for that. And If you penalize, know, sugar beets going into China at x tariff, we should be able to punish your, your fish product coming back into the United States. I like the idea of reciprocal tariffs because I think it helps level the playing field and then you have to compete on your own. (24:14–24:26)

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Asserts that the U.S. should impose reciprocal tariffs on Chinese products if China penalizes U.S. products.

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