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Claim that China paid U.S. tariffs

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Documented falsehood campaigns and institutional attacks
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Documented public claim and fact-check

Trump repeatedly said China paid tariffs imposed by his administration. U.S. importers remit those duties, with economic incidence potentially distributed among businesses, consumers and foreign producers.

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Dated sources

  1. — AP tariff fact-check hosted by Boston.com (Independent Associated Press fact-check)
  2. — FactCheck.org (Independent reporting)
  3. — FactCheck.org (Independent reporting)

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Canonical citation

Claim that China paid U.S. tariffs. Donaldtrumpler.com. https://donaldtrumpler.com/records/2019-02-china-pays-tariffs-claim/

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