Ivanka's biz prospers as politics mixes with business

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    On April 6, Ivanka Trump's company won provisional approval from the Chinese government for three new trademarks, giving it monopoly rights to sell Ivanka brand jewelry, bags and spa services in the world's second-largest economy. That night, the first daughter and her husband, Jared Kushner, sat next to the president of China and his wife for a steak and Dover sole dinner at Mar-a-Lago.

    The scenario underscores how difficult it is for the president's daughter, who has tried to distance herself from the brand that bears her name, to separate business from politics in her new position at the White House.

    As she crafts a political career from her West Wing office, her brand is flourishing, despite boycotts and several stores limiting her merchandise. U.S. imports, almost all of them from China, shot up an estimated 166 percent last year, while sales hit record levels in 2017. The brand, which Ivanka Trump still owns, says distribution is growing.

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    If Hilary were elected and Chelsea was appointed a position in the White House, and she still ran her parents foundation as they were prepared to do once Hilary was elected, and word got out that the foundation received millions of dollars the day she met with a leader, hearings would be going on in congress, in both parts of it, followed by impeachment hearings or in the very least censor.
     

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