If we look back, the first IPA tariffs were fentanyl tariffs. So on Mexico, on Canada, on China. And if fentanyl is not a national emergency, I don't know what was. 100, 200,000 Americans dying every year [from fentanyl]. And because of that, Mexico came to the table, Canada came to the table, China, who exports or their precursor drugs have all come to the table and we're seeing a substantial drop and protecting the American people. (12:50–12:54)
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Asserts that fentanyl causes 100,000 to 200,000 American deaths annually.
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