Neither Christopher Liddell or Microsoft Support Unbridled Free Markets

The NYT had an article profiling Christopher Liddell, who is currently the Trump administration's director of strategic initiatives and is apparently a top candidate to replace Gary Cohn as head of the National Economic Council. In recounting his career, the piece notes that Liddell had been the chief financial officer at Microsoft.

The piece later presents a comment on trade from Liddell:

“I think the days of unbridled free trade and unbridled free markets are over.”

“I worked in the priv...