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A look at Trump’s past comments on tariffs

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Boston Herald |
According to the president, the U.S. has been “looted, pillaged, raped, and plundered by nations near and far, both friend and foe alike” for decades, impacting American farmers, steel workers, manuf...
The Washington Post |
Wednesday was “Liberation Day,” the start of a multifront trade war President Donald Trump is waging against nearly all of our trading partners.

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