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Scott Bessent: “Countries would not go back to the reciprocal rate until…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Published | Video Starts at 04:14

So it's going to be a busy couple of days. But importantly, too, that President Trump has said that they would the Countries would not go back to the reciprocal rate until August 1st. Mr. Secretary, question on behalf of a number of viewers who are in business importing things from Vietnam and they want to know the following. (04:14–04:19)

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Asserts that countries will not revert to reciprocal tariff rates until August 1st.

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