Lie October 7, 2019 · Remarks · Trade

“China has eaten the cost of those tariffs because they've devalued their currency and they've also pumped a lot of money into their system. ”

Said
October 7, 2019
Where
Remarks
Verdict
Lie, as rated by the Washington Post Fact Checker
Topic
Trade
Repeated
248 times in the Post’s database
Source
Washington Post claims database (claim ID 13530)

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