CNBC’s Eisen to Sec. Lutnick: A Lot of Fentanyl Is Being Smuggled by Americans, It’s Not Just Canadians

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EISEN: “So -- and I have a lot of questions about April 2nd, but first -- just first on the fentanyl. You -- you said that he wants to see fewer deaths. Is that -- is that the metric here for when these tariffs end? I mean, because according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents, only seized 43 pounds of fentanyl at the Canadian border last year. So is that a metric? Do we want to see that go down to zero? How are you judging when they've done enough?”
LUTNICK: “Well, how funny is that, right? Like if I seize less, you know, does that mean like the stuff they haven't seized hasn't gone through? I think autopsy death, as horrible as that is to say, should be the statistic we're looking at. I mean --" [crosstalk]
EISEN: “But a lot of it is Americans smuggling it over, right? It's not just Canadians.”
LUTNICK: “Well, look, crooks are crooks, but I got to stop the flow across our border. We've got to stop the flow that has these ingredients being made in Canada and in Mexico coming into our country.”