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Howard Lutnick: “There are so many countries who block our farmers, our…”

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 24:53

He needs to drive down interest rates. Those are the key drivers, right? Food, we're going to bring it down. The way we're going to bring down food in the big picture is There are so many countries who block our farmers, our ranchers and our fishermen. They just block us. If we unblock it and they can produce more volume, they produce it at lower price. If you're worried about the deficit and the debt, why extend the Trump tax cuts? (24:53–25:00)

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Asserts that numerous countries impose barriers on American agricultural and fishing exports.

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