• Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick explicitly stated at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland: "The Trump Administration and myself, we are here to make a very clear point — globalization has failed the West and the United States of America"¹
• Lutnick directly called globalization "a failed policy" during the panel, adding "It is what the WEF has stood for, which is export, offshore, far-shore, find the cheapest labor in the world"¹
• The U.S. Commerce Department's official X/Twitter and Instagram accounts promoted the statement with the caption "Globalization has FAILED"²³
• Multiple news outlets, including the New York Post and Reason magazine, reported on and quoted Lutnick's remarks verbatim⁴¹

Overall validity: 100%

1. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick tells WEF: 'Globalization has failed'
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3. Globalization has FAILED. Secretary Lutnick at the World Economic ...
4. Fact-checking Howard Lutnick's claim that 'globalization has failed'