On Wednesday (December 4th) local time, US President elect Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he has decided to appoint Peter Navarro as Senior Advisor on Trade and Manufacturing Affairs.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump has chosen Navarro as a senior advisor on trade and manufacturing, allowing this combative supporter to play an influential role in the White House and support Trump's commitment to impose comprehensive tariffs on US imports.

Source: The Wall Street Journal, USA

Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social, "His mission will be to help successfully advance and communicate Trump's manufacturing, tariffs, and trade agenda

The Wall Street Journal pointed out that Trump's choice of Navarro as senior trade advisor indicates that Trump is taking the high tariffs he promised during the campaign seriously.

Navarro was Trump's trade and manufacturing advisor during his first term. He often conflicts with Trump's economic advisers behind the scenes because he encourages Trump to take aggressive trade measures. Trump has always liked Navarro, often referring to him as' my Pete 'behind the scenes.

The move to let Navarro take office demonstrates Trump's determination to implement the comprehensive tariff proposal he put forward during the campaign. Previously, Trump decided not to let his first US Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer, hold a senior position in his upcoming administration.

Since winning the election, Trump has threatened to impose a 25% tariff on imported products from Canada and Mexico, the two closest allies of the United States. He also proposed that if the BRICS countries abandon their plan to create a common currency to compete with the US dollar, the United States may impose 100% tariffs on these countries.

Navarro, 75, was convicted of contempt of Congress and sentenced to four months in prison for obstructing the House's investigation into the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol building.

Since election day, Trump has been filling his senior economic policy positions.

The President elect announced on Wednesday that he will nominate Michael Faulkender, who served as an economist at the Treasury Department during Trump's first term, as the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.

He also stated that he will nominate Kelly Loeffler, a businesswoman who briefly served as a senator from Georgia, as the director of the Small Business Administration.

Trump recently announced that he will nominate Jamieson Greer, former Chief of Staff of Lighthizer, as the new United States Trade Representative. He also appointed investor Scott Bessent as Secretary of the Treasury and Wall Street executive Howard Lutnick as Secretary of Commerce.

Navarro is an economist who graduated from Harvard University and ran for Congress as a Democrat. When he first caught the attention of the Trump team, he was a business professor in California.

After joining the White House, Navarro quickly became a polarizing figure in both style and content, venting his frustrations about the so-called "globalist" advisers Trump introduced to the White House. Sometimes, critics of Navarro in the government, including some who are less hawkish on trade issues, prevent him from attending key meetings.