"Her brand is flourishing, despite boycotts and several stores limiting her merchandise", AP reported, noting that US imports, nearly all from China, rose some 166 percent past year with sales hitting record levels in 2017.
Fewer voters have unfavorable opinions of the first family than President Donald Trump, but a majority disapprove of the adviser roles of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, according to a Quinnipiac University poll of registered voters published Wednesday.
The new trademark applications seek the right to put Ivanka Trump's name on lingerie in the USA, baby clothes in the Philippines, handbags in Puerto Rico and perfume in Canada, among a host of things. She is now an adviser to the president, has an office in the White House and access to classified information and holds meetings with world leaders.
Jamie Gorelick, her attorney, told CNN that her assets had been placed in a trust, a word the public is familiar with since the president required one of his own to distance himself from his business dealings while in office.
"She's an incredibly confident, creative, talented woman who also supports her father's presidency", Kellyanne Conway, senior counsel to the president, said in February on Fox & Friends about the first daughter while breaking government ethics codes by promoting her brand: "Go buy Ivanka's stuff, is what I would tell you".
Painter's successor to President Barack Obama, Norman Eisen, agreed. "I would never have allowed it", he said.
"The federal ethics rules do not require you to recuse from any matter concerning a foreign country just because a business that you have an ownership interest in has a trademark application pending there", she added.
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The Trump family continues to rack up trademarks in China. It was a simple diplomatic dinner, but Ivanka may have had good reason to smile throughout it: Only a few hours before, the Chinese government granted Ivanka's brand three new trademarks in the country.
In a statement Tuesday, a spokesperson for the Ivanka Trump brand said that all 2017 Chinese filings were done defensively to prevent counterfeiters or squatters from using her name. Many domestic companies are competing to become agents for the sale and distribution of her merchandise, the paper said.
Which furthers the question of what the hell is Ivanka Trump doing in the White House?
While the Trump team insists that this all falls within the normal course of business, ethics lawyers find that the current administration's commercial proclivities are unprecedented in American politics. "If her trademarks are anything but routine they also would be prohibited emoluments from the Chinese government".
According to one fashion analyst, Ivanka Trump's company saw a 771 percent increase in sales between February 2016 and February 2017.
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