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In a hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee, Howard Lutnick was asked about an array of policy matters including tariffs, China, inflation, and more.

Wall Street executive and incoming Commerce secretary has emerged as a hawkish protectionist.

Howard Lutnick, president Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Commerce Department, offers a detailed defence of tariffs in his confirmation hearing, the clearest signal yet from a cabinet pick that the new administration is prepared to impose the levies on allies and adversaries alike.

Even as he stumped for Donald Trump, Howard Lutnick’s commercial real estate firm was wooing clients across the southern border.

The resolution of the shareholder complaint comes days ahead of Lutnick’s confirmation hearing for Commerce Secretary.

Financier Howard Lutnick told senators the department would meet its oil and gas priorities and that fisheries policies "must put Americans first."

Howard Lutnick said tariffs are essential for supporting U.S.-based manufacturing and won't trigger inflation while undergoing a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

Howard Lutnick, President Trump's pick to run the Department of Commerce, is probed by the senator on the Tether connection of his firm, Cantor Fitzgerald.

President Donald Trump's nominee to run the Commerce Department, Howard Lutnick, said on Wednesday that he has advised Trump to impose across-the-board tariffs country-by-country to restore trade

Howard Lutnick, President Trump’s choice to be the next secretary of commerce, accused China’s DeepSeek of stealing U.S. technology to make the sophisticated artificial intelligence app that shook investors and erased many billions of dollars in market capitalization for American rivals.