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A Top Obama Trade Official Now Works for Trump and No One Is Sure Why

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Timothy Reif championed Obama’s trade agenda. Now he’s working for Trump, and his former colleagues are aghast.

Lachlan Markay
Lachlan Markay 

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Just last year, Timothy Reif was a champion of the Obama administration’s free trade agenda. Today, he’s working for an administration that’s out to destroy it.

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