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Howard Lutnick

What's on Howard Lutnick's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6
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the polysilicon price floor 29% Warren's UAE export-control letter 19% hyping the Don Jr.-backed magnet firm 15% · newthe paralyzed AI-export office 11% · neweverything else 26%
#1
The 15% Polysilicon Tariff Lands, With a Price Floor Attached

New duties plus a minimum price on polysilicon, aimed squarely at Chinese imports — and solar firms are already shrugging.

US To Impose Tariffs Linked To Polysilicon Imports

NDTV · 2026-08-06
our translation

the tariff number is the headline but the price floor is the actual policy — he's building a legal wall under domestic solar supply so nobody can undercut it later. the shrug from the industry is the part he'd rather nobody printed.

Four outlets carried the 15% floorvery sure · 4 sources
#2
Warren Wants to Know Why the UAE Got Its Chips
Coverage narrowed to a single outletpretty sure · 1 source
#3
'You Gotta Go With Magnets!' — And Lutnick Has One in Mind
new — Trump's quote pulled him on camerapretty sure · 1 source
#4
Both Parties Now Blame the Tech Ties for AI Inaction
new — Bipartisan criticism converged this weekpretty sure · 1 source
saturday, august 8
Defend the polysilicon price floor to anyone with a camera(safe bet)
Have staff start the polite, very slow reply to Warren(reported)
Return Senator Collins's call about the Canada tariffs(reported)
Check who else, exactly, is on that magnet firm's cap table(safe bet)

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

The source

Trump unveils new tariffs and price floor on polysilicon to curb Chinese imports

news.google.com · 2026-08-08

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