President Donald Trump’s decision to pause the implementation of his tariff agenda underlines a reshuffling of his trade messaging, or at least the messengers seeking to ease concerns among the American electorate.
Senior White House officials maintain that the senior counselor for trade Peter Navarro, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer all have played an equal part in advising the president on implementing his tariffs.
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But throughout this week, as the White House publicly flipped its tune on pausing implementation to allow bilateral trade negotiations to take place, Navarro, Trump’s toughest tariff hawk, has taken more of a backseat, while Bessent has spearheaded the administration’s attempts to calm
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