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She Slashed Global Tariffs Under Trump’s Nose. Now She’s Leaving

  • EU’s Malmstrom had ‘dramatic’ term of blockbuster trade deals
  • Free-trade push in face of continuing fights with U.S., China
Cecilia MalmstromPhotographer: Bess Adler/Bloomberg
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Over the past five years as the European Union’s trade chief, Cecilia Malmstrom has reached deals to expand more than 295 billion euros ($325 billion) of the bloc’s commerce with the rest of the world.