Greer in his own words: It’s time to try ‘something else’ on trade

Jamieson Greer, tapped by President-elect Trump to serve as his U.S. Trade Representative, has looked long and hard at the past 25 years of trade policy -- bilateral relations with China, dealings with World Trade Organization members in Geneva, etc. -- and doesn’t like what he sees. “Well, that was a good experiment,” he said during a Federalist Society event in May 2023. “It worked in some ways. Maybe we should try something different or try something else.” In that...