US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Haward Lutnick, a Wall Street executive and leader of Trump’s transition team, to be the next US Commerce Secretary. The billionaire has been a key economic adviser to Trump and a keen advocate of using tariffs as a tool to protect American jobs and industries. Plus, German police moved to break up a protest camp outside Tesla’s gigafactory in Germany, as environmental activists held out in tree houses.
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