Trump taps crypto advocate Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary

Assad Jafri

President-elect Donald Trump announced Howard Lutnick, CEO of financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, as his nominee for Secretary of Commerce on Nov. 19. The decision positions Lutnick, a vocal proponent of protectionist trade measures and cryptocurrencies, at the helm of US economic policy, focused on tariffs and trade reform. Trump said in a statement: “Howard […]

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