Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20190531:19:06:00
Representative, mexico exported more than $346 billion worth of goods to the united states last year. that means a 5% tariff would bring in $17 billion to the u.s. coffers a year if trade stayed at the same level. a 25% tariff would bring in nearly $87 billion a year, but remember this, tariffs are paid by companies that import products. those higher costs are often almost always passed on to you and me. you can feel the pinch at the grocery store as the agriculture department says about 50% of imported vegetables and 40% of imported fruit comes from mexico. that means the cost of cucumb cucum...