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Howard Lutnick: “The President gave USMCA the agreement with usmca. He said…”

Featuring: Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce | National

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Trump Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick talks inflation, recession fears and more

Published | Video Starts at 07:43

But he was responding to what you did. No, no, no, no, no. He wasn't. And he knows he wasn't, and he knows he made a mistake and he withdrew it. The President gave USMCA the agreement with usmca. He said, I'll let that remain tariff free, but anybody who's not in USMCA is going to pay a tariff until fentanyl deaths end in America. Try not to forget March is about fentanyl deaths in America. We've got to end it. And then let's talk about cars just for a minute. (07:43–08:00)

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Asserts that the President will impose tariffs on non-USMCA countries until fentanyl deaths in America end.

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