Analysis: It looks like Trump is serious about starting a trade war with China
Analysis: It looks like Trump is serious about starting a trade war with China
by Rob Garver Fiscal Times
President-elect Donald Trump plans to create a National Trade Council within the White House, to be run by economist Peter Navarro of the University of California at Irvine.
The elevation of trade policy to the same heights as the National Security Council in the White House hierarchy appears to demonstrate Trump’s seriousness about focusing on an overhaul of the systems under which goods flow into and out of the U.S.
In a statement, the transition team said that the National Trade Council would work “collaboratively and synergistically with the National Security Council, the National Economic Council, and the Domestic Policy Council to fulfill the President’s vision of peace and prosperity through military and economic strength” and would “think strategically about the health of America’s defense industrial base and the role of trade and manufacturing in national security.”
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by Rob Garver Fiscal Times
President-elect Donald Trump plans to create a National Trade Council within the White House, to be run by economist Peter Navarro of the University of California at Irvine.
The elevation of trade policy to the same heights as the National Security Council in the White House hierarchy appears to demonstrate Trump’s seriousness about focusing on an overhaul of the systems under which goods flow into and out of the U.S.
In a statement, the transition team said that the National Trade Council would work “collaboratively and synergistically with the National Security Council, the National Economic Council, and the Domestic Policy Council to fulfill the President’s vision of peace and prosperity through military and economic strength” and would “think strategically about the health of America’s defense industrial base and the role of trade and manufacturing in national security.”
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