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Here's what president trump said about the decision. >> tax on people, what we've done is we've delayed it so that they won't be relevant to the christmas shopping season. >> it was the first time trump has publicly said that consumers would be hurt by tariffs. he has repeatedly claimed that china pays the cost but not u.s. businesses or consumers. the news sent stocks surging. the dow closed up 373 points, recovering much of the losses from monday's sell-off. asian markets, they rallied, as well, fueling hopes for a trade deal between the two countries. treasury secretary mnuchin, trade repre...

Robert light highser and jared kushner all privately counseled against the move. i should tell you just to give you a sense of how sensitive the president is, even on this sunday morning, between 7:09 and 7:53 a.m. eastern he's sent three tweets defending and explaining this new policy. >> well, tariffs are the president's favorite negotiating tactic, but i would put an emphasis on noepgting tactic. they have not yet gone into effect. the president has previously backed off of severe threats, so it will be interesting to see whether he manages to reach some sort of agreement with mexico, even ...

Now going after general motors, right? >> right. he is applying pressure using a campaign promise to an american car company the same way he applied pressure using twitter to carrier and boeing and lockheed martin to get results. the tweet about gm says this. general motors is sending mexican made models to u.s. car dealers free across the border making usa or pay big border tax. another key player was added to the trump trade team. robert light highser, he will be nominated a u.s. trade representative. he was once the deputy trade rep under reagan. part of the transition team's announcement a...