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How global business leaders are responding to tariff threats

Before an audience of world leaders and top business people, President Trump tried to convince them to invest in the U.S. by promising lower taxes and threatening tariffs if they don't. Geoff Bennett discussed the various messages and threats with David Wessel of the Brookings Institution.

How global business leaders are responding to tariff threats

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