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Jerome Powell: “If it results in higher tariffs, then I think--you know, I hardly need to tell you what higher tariffs would do for…”

On the recordJuly 16, 2018
If it results in higher tariffs, then I think--you know, I hardly need to tell you what higher tariffs would do for agricultural producers.
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Jerome Powell
Republican · District of Columbia

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Powell discusses the negative effects of higher tariffs on agriculture.

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