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Peter Navarro: “There's nothing in [the PPI numbers] to suggest that tariffs…”

Featuring: Peter Navarro, Republican | Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing, Trump Administration | National

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BREAKING NEWS: Peter Navarro, Trump's Top Trade Advisor, Speaks To Reporters After Shock PPI Report

Published | Video Starts at 14:32

We also know there's going to be some people who are going to try to make it a tariff story. But if you peer beneath the hood of the numbers, There's nothing in [the PPI numbers] to suggest that tariffs were responsible for a number that was above estimates. So this is clearly a case where you just watch the data now and you watch it really carefully. And as the boss says, let's see what happens. All right. (14:32–14:43)

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Asserts that tariffs did not cause the PPI numbers to exceed estimates.

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