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Howard Lutnick: “They've cut their tariffs to zero.”

Featuring: Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce | National

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Published | Video Starts at 01:38

And you think why? Right. Their labor is just as expensive, their regulations are just as bad. They are taking advantage of bad politic decades. And the President has fixed it. They've cut their tariffs to zero. So for the first time ever, Americans can sell to Europe without a tariff. And I think that's going to cut the deficit. (01:38–01:41)

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Asserts that European tariffs on American goods have been reduced to zero.

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