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Storch, who was part of a high-level delegation to Bahrain for
Middle East peace talks earlier this year, fills the role left
open by Kelly Ann Shaw, the G7 and senior trade adviser whose
departure was announced last week.
As head of the international division of the White House
National Economic Council, Storch will report to President
Donald Trump's senior economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, head of
the NEC.
Storch was a key player in creating the economic plan for the
Middle East that Trump senior adviser Jared Kushner proposed to
try to jumpstart the moribund peace process between Israel and
the Palestinians at a conference in Bahrain in June.
He was previously senior director for global economics, finance
and development at the National Security Council (NSC) with a
portfolio that included the G7 and G20 as well as international
financial institutions. He was also a senior official at the
Trump Energy Department.
The United States and China are battling to conclude a trade
deal by mid-November and hope Trump and Chinese President Xi
Jingping can sign it at a site to be determined.
They had planned to meet on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific
summit in Santiago, Chile, but massive protests against
inequality there forced Chile to cancel the gathering.
Storch's appointment is part of a revamped National Economic
Council, which now includes the international economics
portfolio. Trump's new national security adviser, Robert
O'Brien, shifted that portfolio from the National Security
Council as part of plans to reduce the latter by about a third
in the coming months.
(Reporting By Steve Holland; Editing by Chris Reese and Jane
Wardell)
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