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Ted Cruz: “Within 36 hours, those tariffs were suspended because Mexico…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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This Week in Texas Senator Ted Cruz on trade under Trump administration

Published | Video Starts at 08:31

With respect to those tariffs, I think those were designed not to go into effect, but instead to leverage Mexico and Canada to cooperate. And I gotta say, it worked. Within 36 hours, those tariffs were suspended because Mexico agreed to put 10,000 Mexican soldiers on the border. and to insist to assist in stopping illegal immigration. Canada agreed to help stop terrorists coming across our northern border to help stop fentanyl from flooding into the country. (08:31–08:40)

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Asserts that Mexico agreed to deploy 10,000 soldiers to the border, leading to the suspension of tariffs.

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