Finishing Trump's business leadership...Designated as the terminator of the 'tariff war'

Jamieson Greer Named Representative of the United States Trade Representative (USTR)
Hardline protectionist...1st USTR Representative Chief of Staff
Tariff-focused protectionist trade and China trade war will be expressed. Concerns are also raised in the U.S. as a result of the 'tariff bomb policy' in ∀.

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has named Jamieson Greer, who designed the China trade war, as his trade representative.

With the final puzzle of Trump's second-term economic team with tariffs at its core, there are voices in the U.S. concerned about the side effects of the "tariff bomb policy."

Reporter Yoon Hyun-sook reports.

[Reporter]
Jamieson Greer has been named as the head of the USTR, the U.S. Trade Representative, who will lead trade negotiations in the second Trump administration.

Greer is a hardline protectionist who served as chief of staff to former USTR President-elect Robert Lighthizer, Trump's book on trade.

In naming Greer, Trump introduced his performance during his last term in office, when he imposed high tariffs on China and led to the signing of a new trade deal in North America.

In other words, Trump's strong commitment to protection trade and trade wars with tariffs as weapons has also been re-expressed as a personnel appointment.

[Donald Trump / U.S. President-elect (November 6)] I will govern on a simple motto. Promise and keep, we will keep our word.]

Concerns have also been raised in the U.S. after Trump announced tariff bombs in Canada, Mexico and China.This is because if the

high tariff becomes a reality, inflation and a knock-on effect on industries in the United States are inevitable.

[Rob Handfield / Professor of Business at North Carolina State University] People are worried about tariffs because they're going to cause a huge problem. Indeed, many industries in the U.S. may be closed.]

Trump virtually ended his selection of the economic team by appointing conservative economist Cabin Hassett to head the White House National Economic Council, the U.S. economic construction tower.

Haset, who served as the first chairman of Trump's economic advisory committee, will take the lead in designing a "tax cut policy" in the second term.

I'm YTN's Yoon Hyunsuk.


Video editing: Han Kyung-hee
Design: Kim Jin-ho