Jim Secreto

@JimSecreto

Former White House/Commerce/Treasury official & Senate staffer. Aspiring garden influencer.

Washington, DC

Jim Secreto
@JimSecreto
Apr 17
My dad, Jim Secreto, shot car ads in the ’80s and ’90s—Jeep, Oldsmobile, Dodge. Before Photoshop or AI, if the agency wanted a car on a mountain, you put a car on a mountain! Here he is on location scouting, “Detroit style lighting” (the golden hour at sunset) and the crew it
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Jim Secreto
@JimSecreto
Feb 17
Populists are losing a Maga tug of war over US antitrust policy via @FT giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/ac…
Jim Secreto
@JimSecreto
Dec 28, 2025
Are car seats killing the west?
Conan, Summer Aesthete
@conan_esq
Dec 27, 2025
I was talking to old timers at the family holiday functions and over the course of the conversation it dawned on me that we had completely different parental experiences w/r/t transporting children. To wit, the old timers (either as children or with their own children) would
Jim Secreto
@JimSecreto
Jun 21, 2025
Thank you to @petereharrell for having me on Security Economics to talk CFIUS and Nippon Steel. We dig into dealmaking in the Trump administration, the novelty and risk of a “golden share,” and what global investors need to understand about the future of investment screening.
Peter Harrell
@petereharrell
Jun 21, 2025
New Security Economics podcast digs into the Nippon Steel-US Steel CFIUS deal with @JimSecreto. Lots to discuss, including--maybe it isn't such a strange deal after all, aside from the whole "G Share" thing? On YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc. Links after the jump.
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