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Precisely because it hurts american companies. not only those that buy steel and aluminum in the case of some specific tariffs trump has announced, but also those that might face retaliation from china. so far china has announced something like 128 different industries that it will slap tariffs on. they are not necessarily the ones that would have been most painful for us. in that sense, that's why i'm saying it's not a full blown trade war yet. >> okay. >> if china had gone after soybeans, for example, that would have been extremely problematic. it will already be painful for pork producers a...

That punishes them instead of us. this is the dumbest possible way to do this. if china seeks to retaliate, as they have pledged in the past, they are running out of u.s. exports to china to slap tariffs on. we'll have to see if this is more posturing or will someone follow through and impose tens of billions of dollars of tariffs. >> thank you so much. the white house embroiled in a series of controversies as the president stands by the embattled head of the epa. abby phillip is live at the white house with the latest. what's happening there, abby. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. the contr...

They're generally a good neighbor. that doesn't mean they don't have to play by the rules. >> what do you mean by generally a good neighbor? >> well, things like this, i don't regard being a good neighbor. dumping lumber. there's a feeling in the dairy industry that they were abrupt in the action that they took the week before. >> canadian government said those are unfair tariffs. it was brought to an international court. canada won its case. what's your answer to this? >> i mad nothing to do with the prior cases. i'm confidence that this case is a good case. >> tariffs on -- >> the problem wi...