Trump's Trade Team Suggests His Hardnosed Campaign Talk Was No Bluff
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The makeup of President-elect Donald Trump’s trade team suggests he wasn’t joking when he promised voters to shake things up.
On the campaign trail, Trump portrayed an America that has been shortchanged by bad trade deals and unscrupulous trading partners, leading to the hollowing out of the nation’s manufacturing sector. He promised to label China a currency manipulator and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico.