“It is outrageous behavior. It’s just outrageous behavior,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick tells me about China’s move to prevent a Commerce Department employee from exiting the country. https://t.co/szjBkeXqvM
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick condemned China’s move to prevent a Commerce Department employee from exiting the country as “outrageous behavior,” and said the Trump administration is working to resolve the situation https://t.co/tWck7BuEw3 https://t.co/5awJS05w1I
Secretary Lutnick condemned China’s move to prevent a Commerce Department employee from exiting the country. “He went home and he was arrested, and they’re holding his passport,” Lutnick told me. “So I give that to the State Department, and the State Department deals with
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick criticized China for blocking a Commerce Department employee from leaving the country, calling the action “outrageous behavior.” Lutnick said the individual, who had traveled home, was arrested and had his passport confiscated. The secretary added that the matter has been handed to the State Department and that the Trump administration is working to secure the employee’s release and departure from China. No timetable for resolution was given.