---
title: "Secretary Lutnick said that globalization is a failed policy"
claim_id: "gUg5UwEVbWFeYU4DpckD"
validity: 100
model: accounts/fireworks/models/kimi-k2p6
---

# Claim: Secretary Lutnick said that globalization is a failed policy

Verdict: 100%
Model: Kimi K2.6
Checked on: 14/05/2026

## Verdict explanation

- 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"[^2][^3]
- Multiple news outlets, including the New York Post and Reason magazine, reported on and quoted Lutnick's remarks verbatim[^4][^1]

**Overall validity**: 100%

[^1]:
    [Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick tells WEF: 'Globalization has failed'](https://nypost.com/2026/01/20/us-news/commerce-secretary-howard-lutnick-tells-wef-globalization-has-failed/)

[^2]:
    [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTv3ClZkTRF/)

[^3]:
    [Globalization has FAILED. Secretary Lutnick at the World Economic ...](https://x.com/CommerceGov/status/2013638111977222213)

[^4]:
    [Fact-checking Howard Lutnick's claim that 'globalization has failed'](https://reason.com/2026/04/23/globalization-made-howard-lutnick-rich-and-america-too/)

## Sources using this claim (1)

- [Globalization has FAILED. Secretary Lutnick at the World Economic Forum: "The Trump Administration a…](/source/x:CommerceGov:2013638111977222213) — Unknown — 15 views