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President Trump Explains How Tariffs Help America

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President Trump Explains How Tariffs Help America
The U.S. flag flies over Chinese shipping containers that were unloaded at the Port of Long Beach, in Los Angeles County, U.S. on Sept. 29, 2018. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images
Colin Fredericson
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President Trump said that tariffs and the threat of tariffs have been a great bargaining chip in trade deals.

“The tariffs are what is allowing us to make great trade deals. If we didn’t have tariffs, I couldn’t have even spoken to Mexico,” Trump told ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos.
Colin Fredericson
Colin Fredericson
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Colin is a New York-based reporter. He covers Entertainment, U.S., and international news. Besides writing for online news outlets he has worked in online marketing and advertising, done voiceover work, and has a background in sound engineering and filmmaking. His foreign language skills include Spanish and Chinese.
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