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Trump Taps Navarro As Trade, Manufacturing Counselor

Former director of the US Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Peter Navarro speaks at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 17, 2024 (Credit: AFP)

US President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his former White House trade advisor Peter Navarro -- who went to prison for contempt of Congress -- would return as senior counselor for trade and manufacturing.

"During my First Term, few were more effective or tenacious than Peter in enforcing my two sacred rules, Buy American, Hire American," Trump said in a social media post.

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