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Howard Lutnick: “If they don't build in America, the tariffs likely to be…”

Featuring: Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce | National

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Published | Video Starts at 05:11

We're going to be building here. These people have committed to try to build this fire full infrastructure and do it now in America. So that's what they get. If they don't build in America, the tariffs likely to be 100%. If they don't build here, the tariff is likely to be 100%. So there's sort of the stick, not the carrot in the room, the negotiations which you literally just left. (05:11–05:18)

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Asserts that tariffs will likely be 100% if companies do not build in America.

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