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Howard Lutnick
US Commerce Secretary
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Howard Lutnick tells Larry Kudlow the Section 232 auto tariffs are working and bringing auto manufacturing back to the US.
these 232 tariffs are winning the day. I've never been more popular than I am at car week, because these tariffs are bringing auto manufacturing home
Howard Lutnick tells Kudlow Toyota announced a $3.6bn Texas/Kentucky expansion with him, thousands of jobs he credits to auto tariffs.
And they, expanding $3.6 billion, they announced it with me yesterday, thousands of jobs, thousands and thousands of jobs coming back to America because of these tariffs on automotives.
Howard Lutnick tells Kudlow auto stocks are up 40-50% over the past year because of the president's manufacturing policy.
And you see these automotive stocks last year of 40%, 50%, because the president understands how to help American manufacturing win.
Howard Lutnick tells Kudlow he is not worried about China's subsidized robotics: US will lead in AI and robotics and build the factories at home.
So I am not worried about this at all. American ingenuity in AI is leading the day. American ingenuity in robotics will run the day.
Howard Lutnick tells Kudlow the MFN drug-pricing deals secured $400bn of committed US pharma manufacturing in exchange for no tariffs.
Build in America $400 billion of committed manufacturing in America.
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