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White House trade adviser Peter Navarro speaks during a television interview outside the White House, Monday, June 8, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Peter Navarro: Coronavirus a ‘product of the Chinese communist party’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this April 2, 2020, file photo, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, who is now serving as national defense production act policy coordinator, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Peter Navarro fires back at Obama amid coronavirus criticism

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro walks to do a television interview at the White House, Friday, May 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Peter Navarro rips Rick Bright as ‘deserter’ in coronavirus war

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this April 2, 2020, file photo, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, who is now serving as national defense production act policy coordinator, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Peter Navarro blames China for U.S. coronavirus deaths from ‘biological Chernobyl’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 27, 2020, file photo, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, who will now serve as national defense production act policy coordinator, left, speaks about the coronavirus as President Donald Trump listens, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room in Washington. Navarro’s eagerness to confront, attack and be, as one former associate put it, “a real jerk to people” didn’t serve him well as a political candidate in the 1990s. But it fits what Trump was looking for to muscle companies to make critical supplies needed to fight the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Peter Navarro dismisses economic ‘pity party:’ ‘This is not the Great Depression’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 22, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump listens during a briefing about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, in Washington. After two months of frantic response to the coronavirus pandemic, the White House is planning to shift President Trumps public focus to the burgeoning efforts aimed at easing the economic devastation. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Peter Navarro: Concerned about China exporting ‘low-quality’ antibody tests

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this April 2, 2020, file photo, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, who is now serving as national defense production act policy coordinator, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trade guru Navarro throws elbows for Trump on virus supplies

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, who is now serving as the national Defense Production Act policy coordinator, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Thursday, April 2, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Peter Navarro, W.H. trade adviser, on hydroxychloroquine: This drug could save lives

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, who will now serve as national defense production act policy coordinator, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump taps Peter Navarro to run national defense production for emergency medical supplies

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

White House denies tariffs a factor in Bayou Steel closure

By Associated Press - Associated Press

In this file photo dated Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, U.S. White House trade adviser Peter Navarro speaks during a television interview at the White House, in Washington, U.S.A. The U.S. is threatening to pull the United States out of the 145-year-old Universal Postal Union, as Navarro said they oppose options being considered that would maintain the current limits. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Postal union accepts reform, quashes US walkout threat

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

In this file photo dated Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, U.S. White House trade adviser Peter Navarro speaks during a television interview at the White House, in Washington, U.S.A. The U.S. is threatening to pull the United States out of the 145-year-old Universal Postal Union, as Navarro said they oppose options being considered that would maintain the current limits. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

World postal union rejects Trump’s favored reform plan

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

In this March 31, 2017, file photo, National Trade Council adviser Peter Navarro appears before President Donald Trump arrives to sign executive orders regarding trade in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Peter Navarro: If Mexico ‘could just pass the tariffs on to Americans, they wouldn’t protest it’

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

This May 29, 2019 photo released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shows some of 1,036 migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, the largest that the Border Patrol says it has ever encountered. Video shows them going under a chain-link fence to the U.S., where they waited for agents to come. The Border Patrol has encountered 180 groups of more than 100 people since October, compared to 13 during the previous 12-month period and two the year before. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP)

White House: Mexico is ‘exporting’ illegal immigrants to U.S.

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the National Republican Congressional Committee's annual spring dinner in Washington, April 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump signs memorandum to stem counterfeit goods trafficking

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

National Trade Council adviser Peter Navarro, second from right, accompanied by from left, President Donald Trump, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, and Vice President Mike Pence, speaks during a signing ceremony for executive orders regarding trade in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, March 31, 2017, in Washington. Trump spoke to the media but left before signing the orders. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Peter Navarro downplays China trade concessions: ‘What we must do is hold fast, stay tough’

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

National Trade Council adviser Peter Navarro, second from right, accompanied by from left, President Donald Trump, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, and Vice President Mike Pence, speaks during a signing ceremony for executive orders regarding trade in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, March 31, 2017, in Washington. Trump spoke to the media but left before signing the orders. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Peter Navarro, National Trade Council director, provides no comfort for Trump’s trade agenda

By Matt Mackowiak

President Trump, speaking Tuesday at the National Federation of Independent Business’ 75th anniversary celebration, said it’s time to impose tariffs to create a level playing field for American businesses. “We have no choice,” he said. “China has been taking out $500 billion a year out of our country and rebuilding China.” (Associated Press)

White House says new tariffs on China are ‘defensive’ to protect U.S. businesses and workers

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro arrives for a news conference between President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the Rose Garden at the White House Thursday, June 7, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Peter Navarro apologizes for saying ‘there’s a special place in hell’ in response to Justin Trudeau

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this March 31, 2017, file photo, National Trade Council adviser Peter Navarro appears before President Donald Trump arrives to sign executive orders regarding trade in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Peter Navarro sees ‘special place in hell’ for Justin Trudeau after Donald Trump ‘stunt’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times