Senate Finance Committee approves Jamieson Greer, Trump’s choice to be top U.S. trade negotiator

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Finance Committee approved President Donald Trump’s choice to be America’s top trade negotiator Wednesday, largely along party lines. Jamieson Greer, an attorney and trade official in Trump’s first term, was cleared by the panel 15-12. All Republicans on the committee but just one Democrat – Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island – voted in favor of Greer, whose nomination to be U.S. trade representative will now go to the full Senate. Greer would oversee Trump's trade policy along with the president's nominee to run the Commerce Department, wealthy financier Howard Lutnick. The vote comes as...