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.

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

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?

While trying to defend tariffs, the commerce secretary was asked about the rising price of bananas. His response didn’t do him any favors.

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

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick called for stepped up enforcement of US export controls to prevent China from stealing critical American technologies that could support Beijing’s ambitions in areas like artificial intelligence and aviation.

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

Modernizing technology, centralizing data, and automation were among plans floated by Lutnick in response to bipartisan concern over National Weather Service staffing.