The Senate Finance Committee approved President Donald Trump’s choice to be America’s top trade negotiator Wednesday, largely along party lines.

Jamieson Greer, President Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. Trade Representative, advanced out of the Senate Committee on Finance on Wednesday and moves on to a full Senate vote.

The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday advanced Jamieson Greer’s nomination to serve as U.S. trade representative, a role of outsized significance, given President Trump’s penchant for using tariffs as a bargaining tool with foreign nations.

Jamieson Greer, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. trade representative, will argue for a pragmatic U.S. trade policy focused on rebuilding U.S. manufacturing and shoring up supply chains in his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday.