The Senate confirmed billionaire Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary on Tuesday, in a 51-45 vote.
The Senate confirmed Howard Lutnick on Tuesday to serve as President Donald Trump ’s secretary of commerce.
The billionaire is joining an economic team that includes a trade hawk, Peter Navarro.
The wealthy financier will manage the President’s aggressive plans to impose import taxes on U.S. trading partners.
Howard Lutnick, the billionaire CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald LP, was confirmed by the Senate Tuesday to be President Donald Trump ...
President Donald Trump announced a new “External Revenue Service” that would be tasked with collecting revenue from tariffs, ...
One of President Trump’s objectives over the next four years is to have US revenues from tariffs become so massive ... pay,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said during an appearance on ...
WASHINGTON—The Senate on Tuesday voted 51-45 to confirm Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary, putting in place a billionaire Wall Street veteran turned avowed protectionist to lead the ...
By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington The Senate on Tuesday voted 51 to 45 to confirm Howard Lutnick ... oversee an agenda around tariffs and protectionism. Mr. Lutnick, who was the chief ...