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Trump Trade Official Says 'Hard To Project' Whether Tariffs Will Cause Inflation Despite Analysts Saying They Definitely Will

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer (Credit: Getty Images)

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Tuesday that "it's hard to project" whether President Donald Trump's tariffs will lead to a spike in inflation, even though most analysts and economist guarantee they will.

"It's hard to project what's going to happen with prices," Greer said during a Senate hearing. He added that inflation went down during Trump's first term when he imposed tariffs on China.

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