A pharmacy tech pulls medication from a shelf inside a Utah pharmacy. George Frey/Bloomberg/Getty Images

President Donald Trump wants drugmakers to lower their prices in the US — so he’ll push them to raise prices in other countries to offset the hit to their bottom line , Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Friday.

“The president’s going to say that you drug manufacturers cannot sell here unless you sell there at a higher price. Stop being willing to sell to them at such a low price,” Lutnick said Friday on “The Axios Show.”

Lutnick’s comments are the latest in a series of pronouncements by the Trump administration aimed at pressuring pharmaceutical companies to reduce drug prices for Americans.

The president’s main effort centers on getting drugmakers to offer the same price

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