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Tariffs Could Still Go Up From Here: Commerce Secretary Lutnick

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said foreign nations will need to address a host of regulatory and other policies limiting imports of American products in order to secure relief from President Donald Trump’s new reciprocal levies. “These non-tariff trade barriers, they are the monster that needs to be slayed,” Lutnick said in an interview on Bloomberg Television and Radio. “Our teams are talking to all our great trading partners today,” he said. “It is time for them to do some deep soul searching on how they treat us poorly and how to make it right.” Offering specific examples of non-tariff barriers, the Commerce chief said that in the European Union some countries use the region’s 20% value-added tax to subsidize their own manufacturers’ production. Economists at the Council of Economic Advisers and staff at the U.S. Trade Representative’s office have pored over foreign nations’ trade barriers for decades, and that analysis formed the basis for the levies Trump announced Wednesday, Lutnick said. He also offered the example of a 2012 trade deal with South Korea, which involved the US letting Korean cars into its market, with Seoul agreeing to import American agricultural products. Nevertheless, McDonald’s Corp. was unable to bring in french fries because it was deemed to have shown the origin of the potatoes, he said. “You don’t understand the scale and depth of how they keep our products out,” Lutnick said. Asked about the sell-off in equities since Trump unveiled the reciprocal tariffs Wednesday afternoon, Lutnick said the president’s focus is on addressing “the economic pain that the United States of America suffered over decades.” S&P 500 futures were down 3.6% as of 8:52 a.m. in New York, while the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index fell 1.8% — to the lowest level since October. The Commerce chief also confirmed that the new 34% surtax on China stacks on top of previous levies, including the 20% Trump imposed earlier this year over alleged Chinese production of precursors for illegal fentanyl. “All they have to have is a phone call from President Xi to Trump saying we’re going to stop fentanyl production,” Lutnick said, putting the onus on President Xi Jinping. “And it would drop to 20%,” he said of the tariff rate.

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BlazeTV host Jill Savage and Blaze News editor in chief Matthew Peterson discuss Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to “finish off” Ukrainian troops; Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance’s trip to Greenland; the Department of Agriculture teaming up with the Department of Education to investigate a California law that prevents schools from telling parents about their children’s “gender identity”; the University of Michigan’s decision to close its DEI office in response to Trump’s executive order; Trump’s order to clean up Washington, D.C.; and Alina Habba’s new position of U.S. attorney for the district of New Jersey. Mark Meadows, former Trump White House chief of staff and senior partner at the Conservative Partnership Institute, joins to discuss a D.C. Circuit Court judge’s decision to ban Trump’s executive order that bans trans-identifying service members. Daniel Horowitz, host of "The Conservative Review with Daniel Horowitz," breaks down how we can prevent a COVID-19 lockdown from ever happening again, five years after “two weeks to slow the spread," while exposing how little Congress works. Finally, Jill and Matthew poll the audience on whether or not we have officially won the fight against the trans agenda.

This U.S. Nuclear Submarine Will Change EVERYTHING – Here is Why!

This US Nuclear Submarine Will Change EVERYTHING - Here is Why! Deep beneath the ocean’s surface, an invisible specter glides silently, leaving no trace. This is the Virginia-class submarine, a marvel of military technology with the power to change the course of war in an instant. Can you imagine a weapon capable of attacking an entire fleet without anyone ever knowing? With the ability to operate for months without surfacing, this submarine is not just a mobile fortress but a hidden ace beneath the waves. Amid tensions in the South China Sea and the looming threat of conflict over Taiwan, could the Virginia-class submarine be America’s strategic weapon in a showdown with superpowers like China and Russia? Join Navy Power in uncovering the secrets behind its formidable strength. From the very beginning, the Virginia-class submarine was designed with a clear goal: cost efficiency without compromising cutting-edge advancements. Only two shipyards in the United States, General Dynamics Electric Boat and Huntington Ingalls Industries, possess the expertise to construct nuclear-powered submarines.