EghtesadOnline: Chinese state media on Friday expressed alarm and warned of a "showdown with the U.S." after President-elect Donald Trump named Peter Navarro , an economist who has urged a hard line against China, to head a new White House National Trade Council.

EghtesadOnline: Peter Navarro , a University of California at Irvine economics professor and a frequent critic of China’s trade practices, will lead a newly formed White House National Trade Council as an assistant to President-elect Donald Trump.