Lutnick says Reagan wasn’t ‘a strong trade guy’ in rebuke of judge who blocked Trump tariffs

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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Ronald Reagan wasn’t “a strong trade guy” in justifying why a judge appointed by the former president voted to block President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of International Trade, which included a Trump, Reagan, and Obama appointee, voted unanimously to block Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs on Wednesday.

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