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Trump Appoints Someone with No Labor Experience to ILO [View all]
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-economic-aide-nels-nordquist-leave-white-house-un-agency-sources-say-2025-08-28/Exclusive: Trump economic aide Nels Nordquist to leave White House for UN agency, sources say
WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Nels Nordquist, a top economic aide to U.S. President Donald Trump, is leaving the White House to take a senior role at the International Labor Organization in Geneva, five sources familiar with the plans said.
Nordquist had served as deputy director for international economics at the National Economic Council, giving him a key role in overseeing U.S. sanctions policy and serving as the liaison or "sherpa" to the Group of Seven advanced economies and the Group of 20 major economies.
The sources said Nordquist, a former congressional staff aide, is slated to become the U.S. deputy director general at the ILO, a United Nations agency that works to establish and promote human and labor rights worldwide and addresses issues such as child labor, while promoting international standards.
One of the sources said the White House did not plan to replace Nordquist on the NEC.
More at link, but given MAGA’s approach to labor, I don’t see how this is good news for workers trying to lift labor standards globally.
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