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Howard Lutnick: “If I need to use tariffs to bring that manufacturing home…”

Featuring: Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce | National

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Full interview: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Trump's tariffs moves

Published | Video Starts at 16:15

… to get great jobs and we are going to have a different America, one that produces and manufactures. And if I need to use tariffs, this is the President talking. If I need to use tariffs to bring that manufacturing home, we're going to do it. Will these policies be worth it if they lead to a recession, even a short term recession? These policies are the most important thing America has ever had. (16:15–16:21)

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Asserts that tariffs will be used to incentivize the return of manufacturing to the U.S.

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