Jovita Carranza in mix to be Trump’s U.S. trade rep
*There’s one! Maybe. Former Postal Service Administrator and former Deputy Director of the Small Business Administration Jovita Carranza met with Donald Trump for 11 minutes yesterday. The speculation is that Carranza is in the running to be the next U.S. Trade Representative. So far, Trump hasn’t names a single Latino to a cabinet post. VL
By Lyyn Sweet, Chicago Sun-Times (2.5 minute read) 
WASHINGTON — Skokie’s Jovita Carranza is in the running to be President-elect Donald Trump’s U.S. trade representative, transition spokesman Jason Miller said Tuesday.
She met with Trump on Tuesday at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, for 11 minutes, according to transition official Stephanie Grisham. Trump was with Carranza from 4:15 p.m. ET through 4:26 p.m.
“With specific regard to Ms. Carranza, I can say that that’s a position that she’s being considered for,” Miller said in a briefing call with reporters.
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Carranza is a member of Trump’s National Hispanic Advisory Council and is under consideration for a Cabinet level post. So far, most of Trump’s picks have been white men.
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