Howard Lutnick defends Trump tariffs, says EU hates US meat: ‘Our beef is beautiful and theirs is weak’

Fuente: New York Post

WASHINGTON — Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick slammed European Union policies after President Trump announced a 20% tariff on the 27-nation trading bloc — saying that “they hate our beef because our beef is beautiful and theirs is weak. ” Lutnick, a former CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, defended Trump’s sweeping “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariffs, which will start taking effect April 5, by pointing to the allegedly unfair treatment of US goods in global trade. 3 Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says the EU discriminates against US beef because it’s superior.