The officials and people dealing with the White House said Mr Navarro appeared to be losing influence in recent weeks.
A civil war has broken out within the White House over trade, leading to what one official called "a fiery meeting" in the Oval Office pitting economic nationalists close to Donald Trump against pro-trade moderates from Wall Street.
But during the recent Oval Office fight, Mr Trump appeared to side with the economic nationalists, one official said.
According to more than half a dozen people inside the White House or dealing with it, the bitter fight has set a hardline group including senior adviser Steve Bannon and Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro against a faction led by Gary Cohn, the former Goldman Sachs executive who leads Mr Trump`s National Economic Council.
More from the Financial Times:Republicans confronted by risks of Obamacare repealReasons to be sceptical about US climate scepticsTillerson struggles to make his mark in WashingtonAt the centre of the debate is Mr Navarro, a firebrand economist who has angered Berlin and other European allies by accusing Germany of exploiting a "grossly undervalued" euro and calling for bilateral discussions with Angela Merkel`s government over ways to reduce the US trade deficit with Europe`s most powerful economy.
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