Tariff hawk's potential reappointment to top economy role likely to alarm trading partners
Robert Lighthizer, who was US trade representative when Donald Trump launched his trade war with China, has been asked to take the job again as the president-elect starts to build his cabinet team. Several people familiar with the discussions inside Trump’s transition team said Lighthizer had been asked to return to the top trade role even though he had lobbied for a different position, including commerce secretary.
Robert O’Brien, who served as national security adviser during the first Trump administration and was viewed as a strong contender for secretary of state or to serve again as national security adviser, this week told his private sector consultancy clients that he would not join the administration, according to one person familiar with the decision.
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