Trump names Jamieson Greer as his pick for US trade representative

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Source: CNN

Trump names Jamieson Greer as his pick for US trade representative

By Ramishah Maruf and Katie Lobosco, CNN
2 minute read
Updated 8:44 PM EST, Tue November 26, 2024


Jamieson Greer, then-chief of staff to the US trade representative, at the G20 forum in Berlin, Germany, on November 30, 2017. Axel Schmidt/Reuters/File

(CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Jamieson Greer as his pick to serve as the next US trade representative.

Greer is no stranger to the role, having served as chief of staff to Robert Lighthizer, the trade representative during Trump’s first term. At the time, the administration implemented across-the-board tariffs on China and other countries, as well as signed onto the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

Trump has routinely referenced the passage of the USMCA trade agreement, which replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA, as a political victory and a highlight of his presidency.

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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/26/politics/jamieson-greer-us-trade-representative-trump/index.html

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Good luck figuring that out, Jamieson.

Whatever benefits your boss is our US trade policy now.

[SunSeeker]

2. The USMCA is basically NAFTA but with Trump's name on it.

I wish when Vance was bashing Walz at the VP debate over how wrong Democrats were about NAFTA, Walz had said, "If NAFTA was so bad, why did Trump literally copy it with his NAFTA replacement, the USMCA?"