US trade hawk hunts bigger fish in Trump’s China battles

Nazak Nikakhtar has moved to frontline of Washington’s stand-off with Beijing

James Politi in Washington MAY 27, 2019

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Before joining Donald Trump’s administration, one of Nazak Nikakhtar’s main jobs was to represent US catfish farmers seeking punitive duties against Vietnamese importers. 

The 45-year-old Iranian-born trade lawyer and economist has since moved from the relatively small pool of the transpacific seafood business to the rougher waters of the US president’s trade war with China — a little-known hardliner playing a big role in implementing the administration’s combustible international economic agenda. 

Ms Nikakhtar is the acting head of the commerce department’s bureau of industry and security — and awaiting confirmation to be its permanent chief — at a time when the unit is in the spotlight because of Mr Trump’s moves to expand export controls in the stand-off with Beijing. 

尼科赫塔尔：走上前台的贸易战强硬派

更新于2019年5月29日 02:28 英国《金融时报》 詹姆斯•波利提 华盛顿报道

这位出生于伊朗的贸易律师，正等待被正式任命为美国商务部工业安全局局长。她将实施特朗普扩大对华出口管制的政策。

在加入唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)政府之前，纳扎克•尼科赫塔尔(Nazak Nikakhtar)的主要职责之一是代表美国鲶鱼养殖户，寻求对越南输美鲇鱼征收惩罚性关税。

这位出生于伊朗、现年45岁的贸易律师兼经济学家，已从跨太平洋水产业这个相对较小的池塘，转向美国总统对华贸易战这片更为波涛汹涌的大海。这位鲜为人知的强硬派人物，正在实施特朗普政府“易燃”的国际经济议程方面扮演重大角色。

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