ChainCatcher news, President-elect Trump on Tuesday local time nominated Kevin Hassett to be the director of the National Economic Council and Jamieson Greer to be the U.S. Trade Representative, filling two key positions in his economic team.
These two positions will directly influence most of Trump's economic agenda: imposing new tariffs and tax cuts. Greer is a longtime protégé and deputy of Robert Lighthizer, who served as Trump’s U.S. Trade Representative for four years. His election highlights that tariffs will play a central role in Trump’s economic agenda. Hassett is also a veteran of Trump’s White House, having served as Trump’s senior advisor and chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. He is a strong advocate of the Republican Party's iconic tax policies, and Trump has vowed to continue this policy when many tax cuts expire next year. (Jinshi)