Trump Treasury pick defends offshore investments, lending practices

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In his confirmation hearing,

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“These entities were either taxed as US corporations or US partner

US dollar was “too strong,” which -

adding that Trump meant the strength of the dollar in the short

threats on Twitter to impose a selling foreign-made cars on the US market did were targeted to

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helped created out of the ashes of the mortgage crisis, secured an a large share of the losses from a loan portfolio it inherited from

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‘I’m truly sorry’

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