President-elect Joe Biden has tapped former Obama aide Brian Deese as director of the National Economic Council, his top economic adviser at the White House.
Deese helped former President Barack Obama rescue the auto industry during the 2009 economic crisis and played a key role in negotiating the Paris climate accords.
But the pick raised the ire of some progressive groups even before it was made official Thursday because of Deese’s work for BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager.
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