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Lutnick says big trade deals to stay despite ongoing legal battle
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 5, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 5, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Howard Lutnick confirms Trump's trade deals will remain despite legal challenges, ensuring agreements with Japan and Europe stay intact.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's trade deals will stay in place despite an ongoing legal challenge to his sweeping tariffs, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told CNBC in an interview on Friday.
"These big deals are going to stay. We have lots of other authorities that the president can use," Lutnick said. "The 232s — so everything we just did with Japan — that holds, right? That's durable, that stays. Europe - that stays. These are autos, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, those all stay."
(Reporting by Susan Heavey and David Lawder; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
Lutnick stated that the big trade deals will remain in place despite ongoing legal challenges to the tariffs implemented by President Trump.
Yes, Lutnick emphasized that the agreements, such as those made with Japan, are durable and will hold despite the legal challenges.
Lutnick mentioned that there are numerous authorities available for the president to utilize in maintaining the trade agreements.
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