Democrats are looking to exploit the Commerce secretary nominee’s vast wealth and financial entanglements at his confirmation hearing Wednesday.

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President Donald Trump's nominee to run the Commerce Department, Howard Lutnick, said on Wednesday that Canada and Mexico can avoid looming U.S. tariffs if they act swiftly to close their borders to fentanyl,

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Mexico's president on Wednesday said her nation is in dialogue with the White House and was confident that the 25% tariff isn't imminent.

The U.S. is threatening a two-stage tariff plan in which Canada and Mexico could get hit with initial trade penalties within days, then face broader penalties this spring.In summary, it's: maybe tariffs now,

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

Billionaire financier Howard Lutnick has emerged as an outspoken supporter of Trump's hardline trade policies.

Howard Lutnick, Trump's pick for U.S. commerce secretary, said tariffs will 'create reciprocity, fairness and respect' for the U.S. and will not be inflationary for Americans.

President Donald Trump met Friday (Jan 31) with Nvidia chief executive officer Jensen Huang at the White House as the US prepares tariffs on semiconductors, weighs the fate of a chip subsidy programme and probes whether Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepSeek skirted export controls to obtain the company’s products.

United States President Donald Trump said Thursday he is going ahead with his plan to impose 25% tariffs on exports from Mexico and Canada.