Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross claims that no one will notice Trump’s China tariffs

Published September 18, 2018 2:37pm ET



Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross dismissed growing fears Tuesday about the Trump administration’s new tariffs and escalating trade war with China, saying that the impact will not be noticed by most people.

“Nobody is going to actually notice it at the end of the day,” Ross said on CNBC, arguing that the impact will be “spread across thousands and thousands of products” and therefore unlikely to significantly impact most consumers.

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