President-elect Donald Trump has designated Kevin Hassett to helm the National Economic Council, placing him at the heart of key policy deliberations ranging from trade to taxes and deregulation.
The announcement, made by Trump on Truth Social, leaves only the U.S. trade representatives to finalize Trump’s economic lineup, while he also revealed that attorney Jamieson Greer would be appointed to the role of U.S. Trade Representative.
Hassett, 62, already has experience within Trump’s administration, having acted as the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers for two years during Trump’s initial term. During the period, he endorsed the Republican’s corporate tax reductions and defended Trump’s punitive tariffs.
The news of Hassett’s appointment comes concurrently with Trump reaffirming his commitment to increase tariffs by 10% on all Chinese imports to the U.S., and impose a 25% tariff on all goods from Mexico and Canada, justifying these tariff increases as measures to combat illegal immigration and the illicit drug trade.
Meanwhile, the inauguration of Trump as the next U.S. President is slated for January 20th.
