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Peter Welch: “Certainty is absolutely essential to commerce.”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Welch Discusses Vermont Trade Priorities in Finance Committee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 00:46

Does each of you agree with that, and that included on what expenses would be? So we're all in agreement that Certainty is absolutely essential to commerce. If there are tariffs that are imposed on the basis of a person, the executive, deciding to impose a tariff for whatever reason, and then those tariffs are changed without any forewarning, up or down. (00:46–00:50)

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Asserts that certainty is crucial for commerce.

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