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President-elect Donald J. Trump has gone beyond the technique of the rival team in his first term and has selected economic aides who will protect price lists and tax cuts.

By Alan Rappeport, Ana Swanson and Andrew Duehren

Alan Rappeport, Ana Swanson and Andrew Duehren are economic policy sleuths in Washington.

President-elect Donald J. Trump has placed economic policy at the center of his crusade and, in building his economic team, has tapped an organization of Wall Street executives, economists, lawyers and academics to lay out his plans to reduce taxes and impose taxes. Customs price lists and strict regulations.

Unlike his first term, when Trump appointed advisers with divergent perspectives on spaces like lax industry and tariffs, the men the president-elect has chosen this time have declared, at least for now, that they are in line with his mandate. agenda.

Still, it remains to be seen how well his advisers will perform in combination and whether those with historically more conservative outlooks will be willing to settle for Trump’s unconventional economic policy strategy.

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