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Tony Wied: “Canada is taking advantage of us [in the agriculture…”

Featuring: Tony Wied, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 8

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Rep. Tony Wied on President Trump's State of the Union Address

Published | Video Starts at 04:00

Well, look, tariffs are, we're getting, you know, we're the ones on the raw end of the deal with, with other countries that have been charging us outrageous tariffs. And if you look in the agriculture industry in particular and Dairy Canada is taking advantage of us [in the agriculture industry]. the president is using tariffs as a way, I call them smart tariffs to really negotiate free and fair trade, use it as leverage for the economy so that we have more exports. (04:00–04:03)

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