US President-elect Donald Trump has picked Jamieson Greer to serve as the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and appointed Kevin A Hassett as the director of the White House National Economic Council. "Jamieson played a key role during my First Term in imposing Tariffs on China and others to combat unfair Trade practices, and replacing the failed NAFTA deal with USMCA, therefore making it much better for American Workers," Trump said. "His efforts under the former USTR, Bob Lighthizer, a spectacular leader and person, helped spur the return of Manufacturing jobs to America, and reverse decades of disastrous Trade policies. "Jamieson will focus the Office of the US Trade Representative on reining in the Country's massive Trade Deficit, defending American Manufacturing, Agriculture, and Services, and opening up Export Markets everywhere," the president-elect said. Greer is currently a partner at the Law Firm of King & Spalding and served as the Chief of Staff at USTR before ..