Peter Navarro Quotes


It does the American economy no long-term good to only keep the big box factories where we are now assembling 'American' products that are composed primarily of foreign components. We need to manufacture those components in a robust domestic supply chain that will spur job and wage growth.


Citations

Navarro, Peter, and Wilbur Ross. "Scoring the Trump Economic Plan: Trade, Regulatory, & Energy Policy Impacts." Donald J. Trump for President, 29 Sept. 2016.

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Peter Navarro
Peter Navarro
  • Born: July 15, 1949
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Economist

Peter Kent Navarro is an American economist and author. He served in the Trump administration as the Assistant to the President, Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, and the national Defense Production Act policy coordinator. He previously served as a Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the White House National Trade Council, a newly created entity in the White House Office, until it was folded into the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, a new role established by executive order in April 2017. He is also a professor emeritus of economics and public policy at the Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine, and the author of Death by China, among other publications. Navarro ran unsuccessfully for office in San Diego, California, five times.