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.
Trumps 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.
Wednesdays announcement signals Trumps willingness to provoke China with policy, not just campaign rhetoric.
Like Trump, Navarro has been skeptical of previous trade deals, insisting theyre abused by international competitors and stifle American manufacturing. Hes 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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