{"id":3765,"date":"2026-07-17T05:06:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T05:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3765"},"modified":"2026-07-17T05:06:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T05:06:41","slug":"why-trumps-trade-chief-is-rushing-to-reshape-the-global-economy-in-2-5-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3765","title":{"rendered":"Why Trump\u2019s trade chief is rushing to reshape the global economy in 2.5 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>KEY POINTS<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump&#8217;s trade representative said time is the greatest obstacle to achieving the president&#8217;s goals.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Jamieson Greer announced 25% tariff on Brazilian imports Wednesday using new investigative power.<\/li>\n<li>Greer said original USMCA agreement increased America&#8217;s trade deficit with Mexico, falling short of goals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s top tariff negotiator, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, gave Utah\u2019s business elite on Thursday an inside look at the strategy behind the Trump administration\u2019s tumultuous 18-month overhaul of the global economy. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3763\">Utah inland port pledges $7.5M to Great Salt Lake \u2018buffer,\u2019 seeks to improve water use<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Greer, who went to college in Provo before serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Belgium, brought an air of certainty to uncertain concerns from Traeger Grills CEO Jeremy Andrus, who hosted the World Trade Center Utah event. <\/p>\n<p>In constant communication with the White House, Greer is orchestrating efforts to rebuild the \u201cLiberation Day\u201d tariffs struck down by the Supreme Court; rework the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement negotiated in Trump\u2019s 1st term; and further isolate China. <\/p>\n<p>The greatest obstacle to implementing Trump\u2019s vision of an international trade environment that values exports over imports, raises wages, and increases the share of American manufacturing, is not the courts, Greer said in an exclusive interview with the Deseret News.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the clock. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve only got two-and-a-half years left,\u201d he said. \u201cIt takes time to build factories. So time is our enemy here. We need to move extremely quickly. That\u2019s why we took very bold action out the gate. That\u2019s why we\u2019re continuing to maintain our trade policy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>A \u201cfew tariffs here and there\u201d won\u2019t cut it, Greer continued. <\/p>\n<p>After justices rejected Trump\u2019s reliance on emergency authority, the president tasked Greer with finding other ways to follow through on campaign promises for a worldwide tariff regime incentivizing businesses to build in America instead of outsourcing over seas. <\/p>\n<p>But the whiplash in incentives has turned the past year-and-a-half into a nightmare for businesses across the country. This was the message Andrus delivered, with diplomatic polish, on behalf of the executives sitting before Greer in Traeger\u2019s Salt Lake City headquarters. <\/p>\n<h3>Greer\u2019s message to businesses<\/h3>\n<p>Since Trump retook the presidency, America\u2019s tax on imports has undergone a once-in-a-century rollercoaster, surging from an average rate of roughly 2.5% before Trump entered office, to nearly 20% in April 2025, to less than 10% after the February Supreme Court ruling. <\/p>\n<p>To many Utah companies, this has felt like a \u201cwild ride,\u201d Andrus told Greer during a armchair conversation. When Andrus asked what advice Greer would give to start ups trying to decide how to invest amid shifting costs, Greer summed up his message to industries succinctly. <\/p>\n<p>The era of frictionless offshoring is over. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem is we have all built up supply chains that rest on assumptions that are no longer valid \u2014 and there\u2019s not like a cost-free way to make this adjustment,\u201d Greer stated. \u201cThere is a transition period associated with this, and I know it can be painful for companies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andrus\u2019 takeaway from his interview with the president\u2019s personal trade adviser is that Greer is a true believer. <\/p>\n<p>Greer agrees with Trump that decades of special treatment toward other countries, based on the abstract creed that lower trade barriers always benefit domestic interests, has led to the abuse of American workers and consumers by foreign governments. <\/p>\n<p>So what should business owners expect from the Trump administration? More of the same. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3761\">Why the largest sporting event in the world occurs in the afternoon for Americans. Did it affect the ratings?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have an easy answer,\u201d Greer told his audience. What he did have was a tentative timeline: His goal is to secure certainty for the markets \u201cwithin the next few months\u201d as the outline for his new approach to tariffs, using a more legally sound statute, becomes clear. <\/p>\n<p>Greer ramped up his new strategy this week. Before arriving in Utah Thursday morning, Greer\u2019s office announced a new 25% tariff on some Brazilian imports, following a yearlong investigation of discriminatory trade practices empowered by Section 301 of federal code. <\/p>\n<p>Using this tactic, Greer plans to proceed country by country to reinstate many of the tariffs tossed out by the U.S. Supreme Court because of the Trump administration\u2019s novel use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which was created for crises involving foreign threats. <\/p>\n<h3>Remaking the USMCA<\/h3>\n<p>The new process is slower than IEEPA, requiring public comment and a formal review. His office is also incorporating more feedback from the private sector, phasing in some tariffs while making exceptions for others when products are not produced within the U.S., he explained. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo there is an opportunity for nuance,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not going to be perfect. It\u2019s not going to be painless. But it\u2019s necessary.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Greer added another element of surprise to America\u2019s relationship with core economic allies at the beginning of this month, when he announced that the U.S. would not agree to automatically renew the landmark USMCA agreement he helped craft six years ago. <\/p>\n<p>The deal replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, which had governed exchange between America\u2019s top two trading partners since 1994. It was hailed for encouraging higher-wage auto production in the U.S. and enforcing labor regulations. <\/p>\n<p>But it ultimately fell short, according to Greer. It actually increased America\u2019s trade deficit with Mexico, he said. With his outcome-focused philosophy, Greer said he will meet with top Mexican leaders next week to discuss how to ensure the revised deal increases U.S. manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>Discussions will revolve around stricter rules of origin for products to be included under the USMCA, Greer said. This means companies will not be able to import products from other countries and label them as Mexican or American just because they were assembled here, he said. <\/p>\n<p>As he was with Utah\u2019s business community, Greer said he has been \u201ccandid\u201d with Mexico, that there will be tariffs. Greer has found the most effective way to translate Trump\u2019s instinct on trade into policy is to make it obvious from the outset that he believes in tariffs \u2014 they both do. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t do a lot of posturing,\u201d he told the Deseret News. \u201cMy secret is I can say \u2018no.\u2019 &#8230; Because the president is so intent on reforming global trade to the benefit of America, it makes it so I have a lot of leverage, and I have a lot of ability to turn down a bad deal.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3759\">Real Salt Lake founder Dave Checketts returned to Utah with a surprising pitch for fans<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamieson Greer is the true believer turning Trump\u2019s tariff instincts into global policy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-utah"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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