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Claim that the United States collected no China tariffs before 2017

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

Trump claimed the United States had collected no tariff revenue from China before his administration. Treasury history cited by FactCheck.org showed that the United States had collected billions of dollars in duties on Chinese imports before 2017.

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Dated sources

  1. — Associated Press trade fact-check hosted by PBS (Independent Associated Press fact-check)
  2. — FactCheck.org (Independent reporting)

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Claim that the United States collected no China tariffs before 2017. Donaldtrumpler.com. https://donaldtrumpler.com/records/2019-05-pre-trump-china-tariff-revenue-claim/

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