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The EU's straight-shooting trade chief

Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström has many things to contend with, including US tariffs, Brexit and China.

Published Wed, Mar 21, 2018 · 09:50 PM

    WHILE pursuing her degree in political science at Gothenburg University in Sweden in the early 1990s, the European Union's Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström financed her studies by working as a psychiatric nurse for three years.

    "It was very good preparation for the world of politics," she said.

    How so?

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