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What's on Howard Lutnick's mind?

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ships, not MOUs 31% the bridge tariffs run out 16% the Tether-GENIUS Act favor 13% the Chinese open-weight AI question 10% · neweverything else 30%

Lutnick to Korean shipyards: count hulls, not handshakes

A new MASGA partnership center opens in Korea, and Lutnick vows to clear regulatory roadblocks while grading the deal in ships actually built in America.

U.S. Commerce Secretary: Measure Shipbuilding Success by Ships, Not MOUs

조선일보 · 2026-07-24

our translation

he's tying korea's investment money to steel in the water because an MOU can't be cut at a ribbon — and every hull photo is a photo of his own scoreboard

MASGA center opening carried by 9 outletsvery sure · 4 sources

Bridge tariffs lapse, so the duties get a new legal wrapper

bridge authority ran out this weekpretty sure · 2 sources

So who exactly tailored the stablecoin bill for Tether?

one outlet left after peak coveragepretty sure · 1 source

The White House still can't agree on Chinese AI

new — Politico opens up the internal fighthonestly, a hunch · 1 source

saturday, july 25

Ask the Korean yards for hull numbers, not more MOUs(reported)

Return Tokyo's call about the tariff ceiling(reported)

Check the new tariff authority is collecting on schedule(reported)

Decline to discuss Tether. Again.(safe bet)

rebuilt from the public schedule, pool reports & old habits — the rest is educated guessing

The source

Korean yards roll out US projects as Lutnick demands ships, not MOUs

news.google.com · 2026-07-25

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