During Friday’s White House press briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt answered questions about China's response to Trump's increases in tariffs against them.
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00:00Caroline, to a part question on China, Beijing says it will simply ignore any further tariff
00:05escalations from the U.S. Does President Trump see this as China backing down? And as a follow-up
00:11to that, what do you say to people like Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary who say, you guys simply
00:15haven't tariffed China enough? Look, the tariff rate on China remains where it was yesterday,
00:21at the 145 percent level. The President made it very clear when the United States is punched,
00:26he will punch back harder. And he hopes to make a deal that benefits the American worker and our
00:32companies that have been ripped off for far too long. And he's finally taking bold and courageous
00:36action to do that. Taking on China is, in the terms of trade and tariffs, is something that
00:43both Democrats and Republicans alike have spoken about.