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Bessent pushed on who bears the brunt of tariffs
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1:29Now PlayingRep. Mark Pocan, D-Wisc., on Tuesday criticized Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for the Trump administration’s trade policy and pushed him to answer 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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