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Peter Welch: “The Canadian tariffs are particularly troubling for me in…”

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

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Discussion on Trump's Executive Overreach and Tariff Policies with Senator Booker

Published | Video Starts at 05:04

I support that. But Canada and Mexico, where we have this USMCA agreement that he negotiated, by the way, and it's been beneficial all around. Why unravel that? The Canadian tariffs are particularly troubling for me in Vermont. That's our biggest trading partner. but it's the biggest trading partner for 34 states. And I've been talking, doing roundtables with small businesses and bigger businesses in Vermont and they see nothing but downside here. (05:04–05:11)

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