Project 2025 Tracker / What’s done, what’s next

Peter Navarro

xx Authors, in the Mandate (2023)

“Peter Navarro holds a PhD in economics from Harvard and was one of only three senior White House officials to serve with Donald Trump from the 2016 campaign to the end of the President’s first term. He was the West Wing’s chief China hawk and trade czar and served as Director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy and Defense Production Act Policy Coordinator. His books include The Coming China Wars (2006); Death by China (2011); Crouching Tiger (2015); and his White House memoirs In Trump Time (2021) and Taking Back Trump’s America (2022). His top-rated Taking Back Trump’s America podcast appears on Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts.”

Now in government

  1. Assistant to the President and Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing

    In post as of Jul 1, 2025

    2025 Annual Report to Congress on White House Office Personnel — “NAVARRO, PETER K., Employee, $195,200.00 Per Annum, ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND SENIOR COUNSELOR FOR TRADE AND MANUFACTURING”; earliest dated allowlisted document in the window showing him in post (announced 2024-12-04, before the window) Primary · Jul 1, 2025

    2026 Annual Report to Congress on White House Office Personnel — “NAVARRO, PETER K., EMPLOYEE, $195,200.00 Per Annum, ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND SENIOR COUNSELOR FOR TRADE AND MANUFACTURING”; still in post Primary · Jul 1, 2026

Bylined chapters

  • 26. Trade

    A post in the part of government this chapter covers: Assistant to the President and Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing. In post as of Jul 1, 2025.

Major recommendations in those chapters

  1. Enact the United States Reciprocal Trade Act (USRTA) Needs Congress Contested Not started
  2. Expand tariffs to all Chinese products and raise rates to block imports Contested Reversed
  3. Ban Chinese social media apps such as TikTok and WeChat Contested Not started
  4. Sharply cut or end visas for Chinese students and researchers Contested Attempted
  5. Close the Export–Import Bank Needs Congress Contested Not started
  6. Repeal the Jones Act Needs Congress Contested Not started
  7. Rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership Needs Congress Contested Not started
  8. Repeal all tariffs enacted under Sections 232, 201, and 301 Contested Not started
  9. Pass legislation repealing Sections 232, 201, and 301 Needs Congress Contested Not started
  10. Let the Export–Import Bank's charter expire at the end of 2026 Needs Congress Contested Not started

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