Trade Deal Banter: USTR Roasts WSJ, Bloomberg Praises Lighthizer And Navarro Resurfaces

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The USTR lambasted the WSJ for its coverage of the China trade deal. After about 24 hours, Trump responded to the media's coverage in a tweet—calling the WSJ's reporting “fake news” even though Bloomberg had similar stories

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The USTR called the reports of the rollback as “another example of reporting on an important alleged event based on secret sources, some of which may have obvious bias.”... [+]Any reporting of a tariff rollback would be seen as weakness among Trump advocates in the financial markets. Dan DiMicco, ex-CEO of Nucor Steel, told Bloomberg that Lighthizer is the driver of the Trump trade agenda. “Without him none of this would be possible,” he said.

 

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