A Smarter Way to Work Trump Administration Key Trade Players July 28, 2017 David Schwartz Mark Lunn Samir D. Varma Brent Connor Marcie Hunnicutt Scott Diamond www.trumpandtrade.com
President Trump s Full Cabinet Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin Secretary of Defense James Mattis Attorney General Jeff Sessions Secretary of the Interior Ryan K. Zinke Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price Secretary of Housing & Urban Development Ben Carson Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao Secretary of Energy Rick Perry Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly Source: National Journal research, 2017. 2
President Trump s Cabinet Cabinet Confirmations Nominee Position Senate committee holding hearing Committee Approved? Confirmed by full Senate? Alexander Acosta Sec. of Labor Health, Education, Labor & Pensions 60 38 Ben Carson Sec. of HUD Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs 58 41 Elaine Chao Sec. of Transportation Commerce, Science & Transportation 93 6 Betsy DeVos Sec. of Education Health, Education, Labor & Pensions 51 50* Nikki Haley Ambassador to the UN Foreign Relations 96 4 John Kelly Sec of Homeland Security Homeland Security & Gov. Affairs 88 11 Robert Lighthizer Trade representative Commerce, Science & Transportation 82 14 James Mattis Sec of Defense Armed Services 98 1 Linda McMahon Small Business Admin. Small Business & Entrepreneurship 81 19 Steven Mnuchin Sec. of Treasury Finance 53 47 Mick Mulvaney Director of OMB Budget 51 49 Source: National Journal research, 2017. *After a 50-50 tie, VP Mike Pence cast the tiebreaking vote in favor of confirming DeVos 3
President Trump s Cabinet Cabinet Confirmations Nominee Position Senate committee holding hearing Committee Approved? Confirmed by full Senate? Sonny Perdue Sec. of Agriculture Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry 87 11 Rick Perry Sec. of Energy Energy & Natural Resources 62 37 Mike Pompeo Director of the CIA Intelligence 66 32 Tom Price Sec. of HHS Health, Education, Labor & Pensions 52 47 Scott Pruitt EPA Administrator Energy & Natural Resources 52 46 Wilbur Ross Sec. of Commerce Commerce, Science & Transportation 72 27 Jeff Sessions Attorney General Judiciary 52 47 David Shulkin Sec. of Veterans Affairs Veterans Affairs 100 0 Rex Tillerson Sec. of State Foreign Relations 56 43 Ryan Zinke Sec. of Interior Energy & Natural Resources 68 31 Source: National Journal research, 2017 4
Office of the Secretary of State Key Players Deputy Secretary: John J. Sullivan Secretary of State Under Secretary for Political Affairs: Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security: Vacant Bureau of Political-Military Affairs: Acting Assistant Secretary Tina Kaidanow Rex Tillerson Prior: Chairman and CEO, ExxonMobil Directorate of Defense Trade Controls: Deputy Assistant Secretary, Defense Trade Controls, Brian Nilsson Chief of Staff: Margaret J.A. Peterlin Source: National Journal research; ExxonMobil; LinkedIn; Zeeshan Aleem, Donald Trump s pick for secretary of state is a Putin-friendly Exxon CEO, Vox, December 13, 2016; Rebecca Shabad, Rex Tillerson grilled on ExxonMobil conflicts, Russia sanctions, climate change at confirmation, CBS News, January 12, 2016. 5
Office of the Secretary of the Treasury Key Players Deputy Secretary: Vacant Secretary of the Department of the Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs: Nathan Sheets Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence: Sigal P. Mandelker Office of Foreign Assets Control: John Smith Steven Mnuchin Chief of Staff: Eli Miller Prior: Finance chairman of the Trump campaign Sources: Wall Street Journal, Trump Treasury choice Steven Mnuchin vows to strip back November 30, 2016; Bloomberg, Inside the mind of Mnuchin: Too-strong dollar may hurt economy, January 23, 2017; Housing Wire, Trump treasury pick: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be privatized, November 30, 2016; Bloomberg, Mnuchin: I support the Volcker rule, January 19, 2017. 6
Office of the Secretary of Commerce Key Players Deputy Secretary: Vacant Secretary of Commerce Under Secretary for International Trade: Vacant; responsibilities currently being handled by Israel Hernandez, deputy chief of staff for Secretary Ross Under Secretary for Economic Affairs: Brad Burke, acting Wilbur Ross Prior: Chairman and CEO, INVESCO Private Capital Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade Administration: Kenneth Hyatt Bureau of Industry and Security: Acting Undersecretary Daniel Hill Asst. Secretary for Export Administration: Matthew Borman Sources: New York Times, Wilbur Ross vows to push Trump s trade agenda, starting with NAFTA, January 17, 2017; CNBC, Commerce nominee Wilbur Ross: Trade partners have to play by our rules, January 18, 2017; Washington Post, Commerce nominee Ross says top priority is renegotiating NAFTA, January 18, 2017; Wall Street Journal, Commerce Secretary nominee Ross offers preview of trade policy, January 18, 2017. 7
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Key Players Deputy USTR: Both positions vacant U.S. Trade Representative Asst. USTR for Trade Policy and Economics: Edward Gresser Asst. USTR for Monitoring and Enforcement: Juan Millan Asst. USTR for Western Hemisphere: John Melle Robert Lighthizer Prior: Attorney in private practice; Deputy USTR Chief of Staff: Jamieson Greer General Counsel: Stephen Vaughn Senior Advisor: Timothy Reif Source: Richard Sisk, Mattis could see Senate clash on women in combat, PTSD, Military.com, December 1, 2026; Dan Lamothe, Trump picks retired Marine Gen. James Mattis for secretary of defense, The Washington Post, December 1, 2016; Rebecca Shabad, James Mattis defends NATO, calls Russia a threat at confirmation hearing, CBS News, January 12, 2017. 8
Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Key Players Director of OTMP Peter Navarro Prior: Professor at University of California, Irvine The mission of the newly created OTMP is to defend and serve American workers and domestic manufacturers while advising the president on policies to increase economic growth, decrease the trade deficit, and strengthen the United States manufacturing and defense industrial bases. Peter Navarro, who was previously named to head the White House s National Trade Council which was never formally established, leads OTMP and is currently the only known appointee in this office. Source: Richard Sisk, Mattis could see Senate clash on women in combat, PTSD, Military.com, December 1, 2026; Dan Lamothe, Trump picks retired Marine Gen. James Mattis for secretary of defense, The Washington Post, December 1, 2016; Rebecca Shabad, James Mattis defends NATO, calls Russia a threat at confirmation hearing, CBS News, January 12, 2017. 9
Executive Office of the President Key Players Senior Advisor: Jared Kushner Senior Advisor for Policy: Stephen Miller Chief White House Strategist: Steve Bannon Chief of Staff: Reince Priebus 10
The Trump administration lags behind its predecessors in filling key positions Number of administration officials nominated and confirmed Up to July 10 th of the first term, excluding judicial and non-civilian nominations Confirmed Nominated (on executive calendar) Nominated (in committee) Failed Trump 48 29 116 4 Obama 200 39 112 5 6 W. Bush 132 156 2 [VALUE]* Clinton 196 55 4 [VALUE]** H.W. Bush 143 74 1 *No executive calendar for July 10, 1993 the July 13, 1993 executive calendar is used **No executive calendar for July 10, 1989 the July 11, 1989 executive calendar used Sources: Partnership for the Public Service, 2017; 11
With 359 sub-cabinet positions left vacant, there are fewer people to make sure the government runs smoothly Status of key sub-cabinet nominations As of July 20, 2017 No nominee Awaiting nomination Awaiting confirmation Confirmed 15 359 209 145 49 Source: Tracking how many key positions Trump has filled so far, Washington Post, April 15, 2017. 12
Our Trump and Trade Team David M. Schwartz Partner; International Trade Practice Group Leader David.Schwartz@ ThompsonHine.com 202.263.4170 Mark Lunn Partner Mark.Lunn@ ThompsonHine.com 202.263.4115 Samir D. Varma Partner Samir.Varma@ ThompsonHine.com 202.263.4136 Brent Connor Senior Counsel Brent.Connor@ ThompsonHine.com 202.263.4188 Marcie Hunnicutt Associate Marcie.Hunnicutt@ ThompsonHine.com 937.443.6915 Scott E. Diamond Senior Legislative & Regulatory Policy Advisor Scott.Diamond@ ThompsonHine.com 202.263.4197 A Smarter Way to Work www.trumpandtrade.com