The Man Behind Trump's Tariffs Has 2 1/2 Years to Remake the Global Economy
Two-thirds of Utah businesses report that revenues have declined because of tariffs. The CEO of one of the state's largest manufacturers says overlapping tariff impacts forced them to lay off hundreds of employees. But when the president's top trade negotiator, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, sat down with Utah's business leaders last week, his message was clear: Expect more.
Deseret News reporter Brigham Tomco spent two days with Greer — a BYU graduate who has become President Donald Trump's chief architect of tariff policy — traveling from sheep ranches in Sanpete County to a safe factory in Payson to a rare-earth mine in Provo. What he found was a true believer who argues that decades of free trade have hollowed out American communities, and that protectionist policies are the only way to bring them back.
The catch? Greer says his biggest enemy is time. He's only got 2½ years to finish the job.
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BYU grad Jamieson Greer is betting protectionism can save American communities
