Howard Lutnick argues Trump’s tariffs achieve what ‘soft politicians’ chose not to

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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick took a victory lap over President Donald Trump’s newly announced tariffs on countries worldwide, saying it tells the world to either buy U.S. products or “don’t bother coming here.”

The Trump administration announced its new round of tariffs on Wednesday, which include a 67% tariff on China’s imports, 46% on Japan’s imports, 10% on the United Kingdom’s imports, and 10% on United Arab Emirates imports.

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