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CEA chair touts ample analysis to help Trump on trade

February 23, 2018 at 9:24 AM
The Council of Economic Advisers has conducted extensive analyses to help guide President Trump in making decisions on trade, the CEA chairman, Kevin Hassett, said on Thursday. Asked at a White House press briefing if the CEA had studied how a withdrawal from NAFTA would impact the U.S. economy, Hassett said, “At the CEA, we've done a heck of a lot of analysis to help guide the president's thinking on trade.” “There are a lot of decisions coming up, and...


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