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But Times interviews with board members and a past employer raised concerns about Johnson’s background and the vetting that led to his assuming the job as interim head.

Haines, however, cautioned against assuming that any one person contributed the most to Trump's decision.

“I’m assuming he’s really important,” the Colton resident replied in Spanish.

And secondly, assuming it eventually does, whether China is willing to make the kind of major concessions that America is looking for, including a complete overhaul of its export driven economic model.

The longer-term impact of these tariffs, assuming they stay in place, will vary, but will certainly pose big challenges to the governments of Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia in particular.