On November 13, 2024, US President-elect Trump delivered a speech during a meeting with House Republicans at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Washington, DC.
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US President-elect Trump appoints lawyer Jamison Greer The appointment of U.S. trade representative on Tuesday will play an important role in the Republican agenda of reshaping the international trade environment through tariffs.
“Jamieson played a key role during my first term in imposing tariffs on China and other countries to combat unfair trade practices and replacing the failed North American Free Trade Agreement with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement,” Trump said in a statement. agreement to make American workers better off.
Greer is a lawyer who practices international trade law and served as chief of staff to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer during the first Trump administration.
Trump said Greer’s efforts under Lighthizer helped reverse decades of “disastrous trade policies.”
Trump said that if approved by the U.S. Senate, his focus will be on controlling the trade deficit and opening “export markets everywhere.”
Trump has announced Howard Lutnick as his pick for Commerce Secretary. Lutnick said last week that he would be “directly accountable” to the U.S. Trade Representative’s office.
