White House’s Navarro: Trade deficit threat to national security

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Trump administration’s top trade advisor said Monday US trade deficits are a threat to national security that could cause the loss of American freedom and prosperity.

Outlining an unapologetically aggressive trade policy, Peter Navarro, director of the White House National Trade Council, accused economists and the media of ignoring the risk posed by trade deficits and embracing an “antiquated view of the world.”