Trump orders establishment of Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy

/ May 1, 2017 at 12:05 PM
President Trump, on his 100th day in office Saturday, signed an executive order establishing "the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy" -- an entity to be run by Peter Navarro, who was originally named to head the White House National Trade Council. The executive order says the White House office's charge is to "defend and serve American workers and domestic manufacturers while advising the president on policies to increase economic growth, decrease the trade deficit, and strengthen the United States...

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