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Ron Johnson: “You're not using tariffs with pharmaceuticals and…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senate Finance Committee Discussion on Trade Deficits and Tariff Policies

Published | Video Starts at 02:31

There are things we can do as executive branch and there are things that Congress can do and especially with the tax bill coming up, I think these are the kinds of things where we need to. So You're not using tariffs with pharmaceuticals and semiconductors or rare earth minerals. So, so right now they're not subject. To a tariff because you want them brought in here because you know they're crucial. (02:31–02:37)

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Asserts that tariffs are not being applied to pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, or rare earth minerals.

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