Trump picks Death by China author for trade advisory role
Washington
US President-elect Donald Trump named Peter Navarro, an economist who has urged a hard line on trade with China, to head a newly formed White House National Trade Council, the transition team said on Wednesday. He also named his former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, now a key adviser, as his choice to serve as White House counsellor to the president.
Prof Navarro is an academic and one-time investment adviser who has authored a number of popular books and made a film describing China's threat to the US economy as well as Beijing's desire to become the dominant economic and military power in Asia.
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