Trump picks Navarro to be senior counselor for trade and manufacturing


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had picked Peter Navarro to be 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 Truth Social post announcing the nomination.


(Reporting by Doina Chiacu, Katharine Jackson; Editing by Caitlin Webber)