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Brad Sherman: “It is not an enduring challenge. You just put a 50-percent tariff on all their exports to the United States, and you…”

On the recordJanuary 16, 2018
It is not an enduring challenge. You just put a 50-percent tariff on all their exports to the United States, and you will get their attention.
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Brad Sherman
Democratic · California

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Sherman argues for strong tariffs to influence China’s actions towards North Korea.

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