{"id":2408709,"date":"2025-03-02T17:04:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T22:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lutnick-says-trump-does-have-the-cards-chinese-tariffs\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T17:04:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T22:04:20","slug":"lutnick-says-trump-does-have-the-cards-chinese-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lutnick-says-trump-does-have-the-cards-chinese-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Lutnick says Trump &#8216;does have the cards&#8217; Chinese tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flutnick-says-trump-does-have-the-cards-chinese-tariffs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2408709&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Commerce\u2063 Secretary\u2063 howard \u200dLutnick stated that president Donald Trump \u2062holds a favorable position in the ongoing tariff dispute with China. He emphasized that the U.S. imports more from China than China imports from the U.S.,\u200b which he \u200bbelieves provides Trump with critically important leverage. This assertion follows China&#8217;s recent filing of a lawsuit \u200bagainst the U.S. at the\u200d world Trade Organization, challenging a 10% tariff imposed by the U.S., which was reciprocated by a similar tariff on U.S.\u2062 goods by China. lutnick argued that the situation hinges on China&#8217;s production of fentanyl, suggesting that the U.S.\u200d may \u200bimpose \u200dtariffs on these products unless China ceases its subsidies related to fentanyl manufacturing. \u2064He expressed confidence that the U.S. would\u2063 prevail in\u200d this tariff battle, highlighting that it is indeed not a contest the U.S.is destined to \u2064lose. Additionally,\u2062 Lutnick remarked on the substantial \u2064role of Chinese products in\u200c U.S. commerce, particularly noting that Amazon sellers \u2063source a significant\u2064 portion of their goods from China.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Lutnick says Trump &lsquo;does have the cards&rsquo; in tariff battle with China<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2023809\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Commerce Secretary&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/howard-lutnick\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Howard&nbsp;Lutnick<\/a>&nbsp;claimed President Donald Trump has the upper hand in tariffs against <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">China <\/a>because the U.S. buys more of its products than the Chinese buy American.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Lutnick&rsquo;s analysis comes weeks after China filed a lawsuit against the U.S. with the World Trade Organization over its 10%&nbsp;tariff. Additionally, it issued its own 10% tariff on U.S. goods. According to Lutnick, the tariff battle comes down to the flow of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Fentanyl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">fentanyl<\/a> from China to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think China&rsquo;s set.&nbsp;They either end these subsidies and they end making these&nbsp;ingredients for fentanyl, or&nbsp;[Trump]&rsquo;s going to put tariffs on&nbsp;there,&rdquo; Lutnick said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Sunday Morning Futures<\/em>. &ldquo;And if they think they&rsquo;re going&nbsp;to retaliate, remember, they have&nbsp;so much more that they sell to&nbsp;us than we sell to them. It&rsquo;s not even&nbsp;close.&nbsp;This is not a battle we&rsquo;re ever&nbsp;going to lose, and the president&nbsp;knows it.&nbsp;He does have the cards, and he&rsquo;s&nbsp;going to protect America.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SundayFutures?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SundayFutures<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MariaBartiromo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MariaBartiromo<\/a>, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/howardlutnick?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@howardlutnick<\/a> spoke about President Trump holding Ukrainian President Zelenskyy accountable over U.S. aid and tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China set to be implemented on Tuesday.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FoxNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GDfPL2z3vw\">pic.twitter.com\/GDfPL2z3vw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SundayMorningFutures (@SundayFutures) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SundayFutures\/status\/1896235380695040269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>For example, the largest online retailer, Amazon, found that its sellers had more than 70% of products come at least in part from China per a <a href=\"https:\/\/ecommercedb.com\/insights\/amazon-business-analysis-associated-domains-seller-statistics\/4739\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jungle Scout survey<\/a>. No other country came close despite the fact that sellers were able to cite more than one country in the survey.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3324712\/howard-lutnick-says-elon-musk-committed-cut-1-trillion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"HOWARD LUTNICK SAYS ELON MUSK COMMITTED TO CUT $1 TRILLION\">HOWARD LUTNICK SAYS ELON MUSK COMMITTED TO CUT $1 TRILLION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There were other&nbsp;tariffs&nbsp;against China already in place from Trump&rsquo;s first term, which former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a> largely kept in place. The last&nbsp;tariff&nbsp;raised against China was in May 2024, when Biden announced&nbsp;tariffs&nbsp;against $18 billion worth of Chinese goods and effectively raised sale taxes in the U.S. by 3.6 billion.<\/p>\n<p>These tariffs are part of a campaign promise Trump made. Initially, he teased tariffs as high as 20%, but instead reserved the higher tariffs for Canada and Mexico over border security disputes. Fentanyl has also been increasingly found at the U.S. southern and northern borders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2023809\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2023809\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lutnick claims Trump has the advantage in tariffs against China<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2408710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/lutnick-confirmed-senate.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2408709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/lutnick-confirmed-senate.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2408709"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2408712,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408709\/revisions\/2408712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2408710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2408709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2408709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2408709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}