Can economic diplomacy remain above politics? Business liaisons hope so

Promoting U.S. business activity abroad -- economic diplomacy -- has been a core government objective across changing administrations for decades, one the incoming Trump administration, despite the president-elect’s constant tariff threats, is not likely to abandon, according to two government-to-private sector liaisons, one a State Department official. “Promoting private-sector led growth has -- we’ve seen it throughout our history -- it has been a bipartisan commitment, spanning many many different administrations and I think the private sector involvement will continue,”...