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On the recordSeptember 4, 2018
Tariffs are an important tool that we should be willing to use to make sure that American workers and American businesses can compete fairly with their counterparts in other countries.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren emphasizes the necessity of tariffs for fair competition.

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