The Minutes of Howard Lutnick on eu deal https://minutesof.com/howard-lutnick/on/eu-deal/ Everything Howard Lutnick has said on eu deal: 4 verbatim quotes from October 2025, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it came from. en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:23:10 +0000 Lutnick says 15% tariff rate was chosen as the trade-maximizing number for the EU deal. https://minutesof.com/q/0901248f-a304-41dc-a170-2bc38850749f/ https://minutesof.com/q/0901248f-a304-41dc-a170-2bc38850749f/ “Yes. Right? Because everyone, otherwise, you just raise your price forever. So there's a price where so we knew that 15% was the maximizing number,” — Pod Force One with Miranda Devine Wed, 01 Oct 2025 11:00:06 +0000 eu deal Lutnick says 15% tariff on Europe was calculated as the revenue-maximizing rate without reducing trade volume. https://minutesof.com/q/b1eb36c0-1523-41e1-95f7-f99bd12585b4/ https://minutesof.com/q/b1eb36c0-1523-41e1-95f7-f99bd12585b4/ “So there's a price where so we knew that 15% was the maximizing number, where you do the most trade with Europe,” — Pod Force One with Miranda Devine Wed, 01 Oct 2025 11:00:06 +0000 eu deal So if you want to negotiate with him, I said, Use your superpower. She says, What's that? I go, You're a woman https://minutesof.com/q/3b156707-24d8-4470-8ea3-817417ef8457/ https://minutesof.com/q/3b156707-24d8-4470-8ea3-817417ef8457/ “So if you want to negotiate with him, I said, Use your superpower. She says, What's that? I go, You're a woman of great authority.” — Pod Force One with Miranda Devine Wed, 01 Oct 2025 11:00:06 +0000 eu deal Lutnick advised von der Leyen not to attack Trump directly because confrontation charges him up. https://minutesof.com/q/a8745afe-3d57-4746-be1e-edd6556425b7/ https://minutesof.com/q/a8745afe-3d57-4746-be1e-edd6556425b7/ “You know, that's too much. Like don't say no. Don't do that. Because if you go at Donald Trump, he's going to win.” — Pod Force One with Miranda Devine Wed, 01 Oct 2025 11:00:06 +0000 eu deal