A U. S.-China trade war ‘on hold’? Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro says a dispute is plain to see.
More than a week ago, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the Trump administration was putting “the trade war on hold” with China while Washington and Beijing work on a wider agreement.
White House National Trade Council Director Peter Navarro, with whom Mnuchin has reportedly clashed in the past, didn’t like the sound of that. Here’s what he told NPR in an interview that aired Wednesday morning.
Navarro, a trade hard-liner and co-author of the book “Death by China,” spoke to NPR a day after the White House said it was moving ahead with planned tariffs and other sanctions against China. The announcement is threatening to scuttle trade talks planned for this weekend.
