Other countries should emulate the “America First” model, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told globalist leaders attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday. “We are here to make a very clear point: globalization has failed the West and the United States of America,” Sec. Lutnick explained, addressing politicians, businessmen and societal leaders from around the world: “It’s a failed policy. It is what the left has stood for – which is export, offshore, far-shore, find the cheapest labor in the world and the world is a better place for it. “The fact is it has left America behind. It has left the American workers behind.” Instead, other nations should adopt their own version of the Trump Administration’s “America First” policy by prioritizing their countries, Lutnick said: “We are here to say is that ‘America First’ is a different model – one that we encourage other countries to consider, which is that our workers come first [and] we can have policies that impact our workers.” “Sovereignty is your borders. You’re entitled to have borders,” Lutnick said, warning of the harm caused by embracing globalist ideology: “You shouldn’t offshore your medicine. “You shouldn’t offshore your semiconductors. “You shouldn’t offshore your entire industrial base and have it be hollowed out beneath you. “You should not be dependent for that which is fundamental to your sovereignty on any other nation – and if you’re going to be dependent on someone, it darn well better be your best ally. Okay?” Instead, European countries are making themselves dependent on foreign regimes that are hostile to them, Sec. Lutnick said, using self-destructive environmental ideology as an example: “Why would Europe agree to be Net Zero (emissions) in 2030 when they don’t make a battery? They don’t make a battery. “So, if they go 2030, they are deciding to be subservient to China, who makes the batteries.”   Globalization has FAILED. Secretary Lutnick at the World Economic Forum: “The Trump Administration and I are here to make a very clear point—globalization has failed the West and the United States of America. It’s a failed policy… and it has left America behind.” America is… pic.twitter.com/Urxl7pZwSe — U.S. Commerce Dept. (@CommerceGov) January 20, 2026