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Brad Sherman: “You just put a 50-percent tariff on all their exports to the United States, and you will get their attention.”

On the recordJanuary 16, 2018
You just put a 50-percent tariff on all their exports to the United States, and you will get their attention.
Said by
Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Sherman suggests tariffs as a way to influence China regarding North Korea.

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