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WATCH: Main Street is ‘getting screwed’ from Trump’s tariffs, Rep. Pocan tells Bessent
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5:30Now PlayingRep. Mark Pocan, D-Wisc., criticized Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for the Trump administration’s trade policy, arguing that “the reality for Main Street” is that “we are getting screwed right and left because of the indiscriminate use of tariffs.”
Pocan also criticized Bessent for initially not answering his question about who is paying for the increased tariffs on goods imported from other countries into the United States.
After Pocan repeated his question later in the exchange, Bessent responded, “The history would show that it is a complicated mix of who pays the tariffs over various times.”
Pocan said there was a problem with the secretary’s answer because “it’s not complicated.”
“Consumers pay Trump's tariff tax,” Pocan said. “That's the reality.”
Public policy experts, economists and some companies have said U.S. consumers should expect to see increased prices on goods as a result of the tariffs.
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