Lutnick Slams ‘Outrageous’ Chinese Exit Ban on Commerce Employee

US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick condemned China’s move to prevent a Commerce Department employee from exiting the country as “outrageous behavior,” and said the Trump administration is working to resolve the situation.

“He went home and he was arrested, and they’re holding his passport,” Lutnick said in an interview with Bloomberg Television in Washington on Wednesday. “So I give that to the State Department, and the State Department deals with that. But it is outrageous behavior. It’s just outrageous behavior.”