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Brad Sherman: “If we had a 1/4 percent tariff--just 1/4 percent tariff--on all Chinese goods, and we increased it by 1/4 percent every…”

On the recordMay 17, 2023
If we had a 1/4 percent tariff--just 1/4 percent tariff--on all Chinese goods, and we increased it by 1/4 percent every month, then companies that fail to disengage from China would find a--they would be at a 40 percent disadvantage by the end of the decade.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

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Sherman proposes a gradual tariff increase to incentivize companies to disengage from China.

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