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China Hawk Peter Navarro Has Trump's Ear

Senior Trump trade advisor Peter Navarro was known prior to work with the president for his book and subsequent film 'Death by China' (Credit: AFP)

President Donald Trump's punishing tariffs on countries around the world, including a 104 percent increase in duties on China, bear the fingerprint of Peter Navarro, a Harvard-trained economist who has long warned against a rising Beijing.

Saying Washington's trade deficit was a sign of unfair competition, Trump announced blanket 10 percent tariffs on countries and territories around the world last week, including islands inhabited only by penguins.

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