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Trump taps China trade critic to lead new WH trade council
Source: The Hill
Trump taps China trade critic to lead new WH trade council
BY SYLVAN LANE - 12/21/16 04:06 PM EST
President-elect Donald Trump is shaking up how the White House handles trade deals, appointing an anti-China trade economist with close ties to his campaign to lead a new advisory council.
Trump’s transition team announced Wednesday that Peter Navarro, a campaign and transition policy adviser and economics professor at the University of California, Irvine, will lead the new White House National Trade Council.
The trade council will advise Trump on trade negotiations and lead a program focused on buying American products and employing American workers for government projects.
Wednesday’s announcement signals Trump’s willingness to provoke China with policy, not just campaign rhetoric.
Like Trump, Navarro has been skeptical of previous trade deals, insisting they’re abused by international competitors and stifle American manufacturing. He’s written two books critical of Chinese foreign and economic policy — "Death by China: Confronting the Dragon – A Global Call to Action” and “Crouching Tiger: What China's Militarism Means for the World” — and he supports the Trump-proposed 45 percent import tax on Chinese goods.
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BY SYLVAN LANE - 12/21/16 04:06 PM EST
President-elect Donald Trump is shaking up how the White House handles trade deals, appointing an anti-China trade economist with close ties to his campaign to lead a new advisory council.
Trump’s transition team announced Wednesday that Peter Navarro, a campaign and transition policy adviser and economics professor at the University of California, Irvine, will lead the new White House National Trade Council.
The trade council will advise Trump on trade negotiations and lead a program focused on buying American products and employing American workers for government projects.
Wednesday’s announcement signals Trump’s willingness to provoke China with policy, not just campaign rhetoric.
Like Trump, Navarro has been skeptical of previous trade deals, insisting they’re abused by international competitors and stifle American manufacturing. He’s written two books critical of Chinese foreign and economic policy — "Death by China: Confronting the Dragon – A Global Call to Action” and “Crouching Tiger: What China's Militarism Means for the World” — and he supports the Trump-proposed 45 percent import tax on Chinese goods.
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Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/finance/311410-trump-taps-peter-navarro-to-lead-new-white-house-trade-council
