Washington – The Senate has confirmed that Jamieson Greer, a veteran of the first -period economic battles of President Donald Trump with China, Mexico and Canada, to be the main commercial negotiator of the United States.
As a US trade representative, Greer will work with Commerce Secretary Howard LutnickA billionaire financial, to supervise Trump’s aggressive commercial agenda. Greer’s nomination cleared the Senate for a 56-43 vote on Wednesday.
Trump is an enthusiastic supporter of taxes, tariffs, about foreign imports in an effort to protect the US industry, increase revenues for treasure and force other countries to make concessions on issues ranging from commerce to fiscal policy to immigration.
The Republican President plans to start tax Canadian and Mexican imports at 25% On March 4, a measure that will interrupt the North America trade and increase a commercial agreement of 2020 that Trump negotiated. He also intends Impose “reciprocal” tariffs in foreign countries that have greater import taxes than the United States. In addition, Trump plans to eliminate the exemptions of its 2018 steel and aluminum tariffs, taxing the imports of both metals to 25%.
Economists warn that Trump’s tariffs will increase prices and risk rekindling inflation while attracting reprisals from other countries.
Greer, a former Air Force lawyer, was head of the Cabinet of Trump’s first period commercial representative, Robert Lighthizer. In that position, Greer was involved in conversations with China at a time when the two largest economies in the world hit the products of the other with tariffs in the largest commercial fight since the 1930s.
Greer helped negotiate the renewed commercial pact of North America of Trump, the American-Mexico-Canada agreement, and worked with Democrats in Congress to approve it. But many Democrats voted against Greer’s nomination to protest what they see how Trump’s belligerent and unpredictable approach for trade.
The leader of the majority of the Senate, John Thune, RS.D., called Greer “admirably qualified” for work and said that he hopes that the Trump administration prioritize the commercial needs of the farmers of the United States.
“I hope to have a close association between administration and Congress in the coming months and years as we work to expand opportunities for American producers,” said Thune.
