Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the European Union is likely to be among the last deals that the US completes, as the administration rushes to secure tariff agreements with other trading partners.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, back in Washington after two days helping to negotiate a US-China trade framework in London, said Wednesday that Trump gave his team permission to back off its aggressive stance against China to get a deal done.

Rep. Madeline Dean brought an attention-grabbing prop to question Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick about tariffs on food goods like bananas this morning at the House Appropriations Committee: REP. MADELINE DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas?

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said trade talks with Chinese officials were going well and he hoped they would end on Tuesday night, but said they could run into Wednesday.

The Secretary of Commerce clashes with a congresswoman over whether bananas, a tropical fruit, can be grown in the US amid tariff debate.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told senators Wednesday that he expects to complete an analysis and set the standard for tariffs on aircraft parts by the end of the month.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Wednesday that a trade framework and implementation plan agreed with China in London should result in restrictions on rare earths and magents being resolved.

Conservative commentator Jonah Goldberg did not hold back on Bill Maher’s show, calling Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick “a morron.”