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H.R.
MCMASTER
Head of the National Security Council
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"President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he was
replacing national security adviser H.R. McMaster with John Bolton, a former
U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, marking the latest high-level shake up
in a White House that has seen unprecedented levels of turnover in Trump's
first 14 months in office.
"'I am pleased to announce that, effective 4/9/18, @AmbJohnBolton
will be my new National Security Advisor," the president tweeted on
Thursday evening. "I am very thankful for the service of General H.R.
McMaster who has done an outstanding job & will always remain my friend.
There will be an official contact handover on 4/9.' ...
"Also in a statement from the White House, McMaster, a
three-star Army general, announced that he would retire from the military in
the coming months. [POLITICO's Morning Defense, March 23, 2018]
H.R. MCMASTER received an impromptu standing ovation after being recognized
by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush at the Mellon Auditorium. Bush singled out
McMaster during his speech for being a straight shooter and great team player,
according to an attendee. Bush was accepting an award for his father at a gala
to celebrate the U.S.-Saudi Arabia relationship. [POLITICO Playbook, March 23, 2018]
CHINA PUTS U.S. STEEL, PORK AND WINE IN THE CROSSHAIRS: Beijing
is firing back against U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs by considering raising
duties on $3 billion worth of U.S. exports ranging from steel to pork. The
action against 128 types of U.S. products is just the first response from the
Asian economic giant. Still to come is how Beijing responds to the even bigger
and China-focused Section 301 action under which the Trump administration is
expected to slap tariffs on $50 billion worth of Chinese imports.
The U.S. imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum in the name of
protecting national security. China says it doesn't buy that argument and is
treating the U.S. tariffs as a safeguard action. That gives Beijing the leeway
to follow a process sanctioned by World Trade Organization rules that allows a
country, after a period of consultation, to seek compensation for another
country's trade restrictions. It also gives China the ability to claim it is
staying within the bounds of international rules.
China's "compensation" list includes 128 products
split among two groups. The first group of exports, worth
nearly $1 billion, includes 120 tariff lines covering fresh fruit, dried fruits
and nuts, wine, modified ethanol, American ginseng and seamless steel pipes,
the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said in a media release. Those products will face a 15 percent tariff.
China is considering a 25 percent tariff on a second group of
eight different product categories, valued at nearly $2 billion total, covering
pork, recycled aluminum and other items, according to an informal translation
of the ministry's statement.
The National Pork Producers Council was quick to raise the alarm
after the news broke. "We sell a lot of pork to China, so higher tariffs
on our exports going there will harm our producers and undermine the rural
economy," NPPC President Jim Heimerl said in a statement. [POLITICO's Morning Trade, March 23, 2018]
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