Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick argued that President Donald Trump is pursuing “national security” by utilizing tariffs on nations across the globe, stressing that the United States needs to produce its own goods.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sewed further confusion about President Donald Trump’s tariffs on tech products on Sunday. Speaking with ABC’s This Week, Lutnick said that the technology exemption from the Trump administration’s reciprocal tariffs on China was only temporary—tech companies should expect to see the levies hit under a “semiconductor tariff” at a later date.