Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich met with the wrong person in Washington in an attempt to soften the tariff blow on Israel. He met with Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, who is not responsible for the matter. The person responsible for tariffs is Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick. The Ministry of Finance hoped that Smotrich would persuade his US colleagues to soften the expected blow to Israel, but now officials are saying he met the wrong person entirely.
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