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Scott Bessent: “This supersedes all the other tariffs.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 04:48

Because I think there's a lot of folks who are still confused or trying to do planning here and. 20% overall. 20% overall. So there's nothing that's not tacked on to something else before that? No, this, This supersedes all the other tariffs. Now, you know, there may still be some of the 232 tariffs for specific industries, but in terms of generalized, it's 20%. (04:48–04:51)

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