US lawmakers confirm Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary

Legit | 19-02-2025 12:17pm |

The US Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Wall Street billionaire Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary, a key step towards the rollout of President Donald Trump's "America First" trade policy, which uses tariffs as a broad negotiation tool. The commerce secretary has a broad agenda to implement, and negotiations with some of the United States' biggest trading partners to contend with.

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