India, March 9 -- US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick stated on Sunday that President Donald Trump will not back down from his demands for tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico over their handling of fentanyl.

Appearing for an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" with Kristen Welker, Lutnick stated, "If fentanyl ends, I think these will come off. But if fentanyl does not end, or he's uncertain about it, he will stay this way until he is comfortable."

He mentioned that fentanyl flow has claimed the lives of 75,000 Americans, and called it a serious drug-related problem.

Backing Trump-led administration's approach, he said, "This is the way you run the country", citing the need to close the border and made neighbors do their job. "Why a...