Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says Trump’s tariffs will create ‘great jobs of the future’—fixing factory robots. Experts disagree

Howard Lutnick, wearing a black suit, speaks into a microphone. (Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc—Getty Images)

• The future of labor is providing maintenance for automated factory technology, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told CNBC. He posited that the growth of manufacturing in the U.S. as a result of President Donald Trump’s tariffs would spur more jobs in the form of factory work. Labor experts are dubious about the growth and sustainability of these jobs.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sees one positive byproduct of President Donald Trump’s tariff plan: a "manufacturing renaissance" in the U.S. that would lead to the next three generations of Americans holding factory jobs.