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Tammy Baldwin: “My farmers get inputs from Canada and from other countries…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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MSNBC | Baldwin Warns of More Medicaid Cuts, Impacts of Trump's Trade War

Published | Video Starts at 02:05

It's a trade war. And they've been through a trade war with Donald Trump in his first presidency. They know what that was like. This is worse. My farmers get inputs from Canada and from other countries, and that brings the cost of production up. And their margins are razor thin to begin with. Some of the manufacturers I represent have facilities in multiple countries. (02:05–02:13)

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Asserts that tariffs on inputs from Canada and other countries increase production costs for farmers.

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