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Steve Bannon: “We put some of the strictest tariffs ever on China in 17 and…”

Featuring: Steve Bannon, Former White House Chief Strategist | National

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'Europe is no ally' Steve Bannon on Tariffs, Trump, and Total War

Published | Video Starts at 01:15

… false narrative that prices are going to go up, stock market is going to crash, everything's going to happen over and over and over again without looking at any evidence. We put some of the strictest tariffs ever on China in 17 and 18 and, and prices didn't go up at all on Chinese product. This is just a false, another false narrative put out by the media. It's the same as all the lies they told about the pandemic, all the lies they told about the Ukraine, lies they've told about the sole election. (01:15–01:25)

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Asserts that tariffs on China in 2017 and 2018 did not increase prices on Chinese products.

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