Howard Lutnick said that the White House will proceed with plans for additional tariffs on April 2nd.
A self-styled Wall Street tough guy, Lutnik served as head of brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald before being selected by Trump to take charge of everything from imposing trade restrictions to monitoring the weather.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said President Trump’s tariffs on other countries are part of a “drug war,” not a “trade war.” Lutnick joined CNBC on Tuesday, just hours after Trump’s 25 percent
Trump has cast Canada as a major importer of the synthetic opioid to the US. But the seizures at the northern border represent a tiny portion of the trafficking trade.
U.S. President Donald Trump and commerce secretary Howard Lutnick are "totally fabricating" the fentanyl issue as a means of justifying tariffs, says Scotiabank economist Derek Holt. (Photo by Nathan Howard/REUTERS) · REUTERS / Reuters The U.