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Howard Lutnick: “You should not be dependent for that which is fundamental to…”

Featuring: Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce | National

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

Published | Video Starts at 03:27

You're entitled to have borders. You shouldn't offshore your medicine, you shouldn't offshore your semiconductors. You shouldn't offshore your entire industrial base and have it be hollowed out beneath you. You should not be dependent for that which is fundamental to your sovereignty on any other nation. And if you're going to be dependent on someone, it darn well better be your best allies. Okay? And so that is a different way of thinking. (03:27–03:35)

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Asserts that nations should not depend on others for essential aspects of sovereignty.

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