5 Takeaways From US Trade Chief’s Confirmation Hearing

The United States should be a ‘country of producers,’ says Jamieson Greer.

Nominee for the U.S. Trade Representative, Jamieson Greer, testifies before the Senate Committee on Finance on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 6, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Jamieson Greer, President Donald Trump’s pick to be the nation’s top trade negotiator, vowed to recalibrate the global trade system and advance the new administration’s sweeping agenda.

In November, the president chose Greer, 44,  as the next U.S. trade representative. As trade representative Robert Lighthizer’s chief of staff during Trump’s first-term trade war against China, Greer was an integral presence throughout negotiations with Beijing.