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Howard Lutnick

What's on Howard Lutnick's mind?

read fresh this morning at 6
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telling Apple to drop Chinese memory 29% · newthe Texas Mac mini factory 24% the 100% drone tariff 17% the auto tariffs are working pitch 13% everything else 17%
#1
Commerce leans on Apple to stop buying Chinese memory chips

The WSJ says he urged Apple away from Chinese-made memory — with no actual rule on the books forcing it.

Exclusive | U.S. Urges Apple Not to Buy Chinese Memory Chips

WSJ · 2026-08-15
our translation

he'd rather win this with a phone call than a regulation. a rule invites lawsuits and lobbying; a nudge to a CEO who just handed him a $600B pledge in Houston gets the same result by friday.

new — WSJ exclusive picked up same dayvery sure · 3 sources
#2
Houston ribbon-cutting: Cook opens 250,000 square feet, Lutnick takes the bow
Houston plant opened this weekvery sure · 4 sources
#3
Trump signs drone tariffs up to 100%, and Commerce owns the fine print
order signed, defense stocks movedpretty sure · 3 sources
#4
Ford is going to rock: the tariff victory lap continues
Ford news fading after two dayspretty sure · 3 sources
saturday, august 15
Explain why the Apple memory 'ask' isn't an actual rule(reported)
Field carve-out calls from every drone importer in America(reported)
Repost the Houston factory photos at least twice(safe bet)

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

The source

The US told Apple not to buy Chinese memory chips. It has no rule that stops it

news.google.com · 2026-08-15

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