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Howard Lutnick: “When we launched our tariff regime on April 2, the world was…”

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US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick speaks at the World Economic Forum

Published | Video Starts at 38:38

You're already proposing economic warfare against eight European countries. So how does this add up? Does sovereignty matter or not? So I'll try to start on this side, which is When we launched our tariff regime on April 2, the world was aflutter with all of these kind of comments. But since then, if you check at the end of 2025, you will see all of the key indicators are up. The UK stock market's up, Europe's stock market is up. (38:38–38:48)

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