Steve Mnuchin in The New York Times 2010s

On Free Trade: Free market proponent but tariffs OK to reduce trade deficit

While colleagues describe Mnuchin as someone who believes in free markets and views trade barriers as a last resort, those close to the secretary say he has learned to appreciate President Trump's use of the threat of tariffs as a negotiating tool. In talks with China, he has been focused on the president's desire to see the bilateral trade deficit reduced, rather than emphasizing some of the other trade barriers that many lawmakers and executives say put American companies at a disadvantage. Source: Alan Rappeport in N. Y. Times on 2018 Trump Cabinet Jun 3, 2018

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