evidence: Q Thank you, Ambassador Tai. I know that these new tariffs are seen as more targeted and strategic, but the administration has chosen to keep in place those Trump-era tariffs on some 300 billion dollars’ worth of goods, which Biden himself had said in 2019 that Americans are paying for. So, why make that decision to keep it in place? And aren’t you concerned that it’s going to keep prices elevated? [...] Q President Biden has frequently pledged that no one making under $400,000 would see their taxes go up. Tariffs are effectively a tax on imports. I’m wondering if you can commit that no American importer making less than $400,000 would see their cost go up. [...] Q Hi, Karine. Picking up on your last answer that you don’t believe that this is a tax on Americans making under $400,000 a year. Some Democrats, including Jared Polis, the governor of Colorado, have come out and said that "tariffs are a direct, regressive tax on Americans and this tax increase will hit every family," calling it "horrible news." How do you respond to that?