European Union makes Latvia's Dombrovskis trade chief to deal with US

Valdis Dombrovskis, one of the European Union’s top economic policy makers, will become EU trade chief in a leadership reshuffle prompted by the resignation last month of Phil Hogan.
 

The appointment of Dombrovskis as European trade commissioner on Tuesday highlights the EU’s determination to scale back transatlantic tariff wars, curb market-distorting Chinese practices and uphold the global commercial order amid stronger protectionist trends.
 

Dombrovskis, 49, is an executive vice-president in charge of the euro at the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm in Brussels, and a former Latvian prime minister. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen named him to succeed