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Robert Emmet Lighthizer (/ ˈ l aɪ t h aɪ z ər /; born October 11, 1947) is an American attorney and government official who was the United States Trade Representative in the Donald Trump administration from 2017 to 2021.
Oct 13, 2020 · Lighthizer set out on an audacious plan to rebalance American trade relationships around the world, levying sweeping tariffs, hamstringing international institutions, pulling out of agreements...
May 18, 2024 · For nearly a decade, U.S. trade policy has been remade in the image of a single man: Robert Lighthizer. As President Donald Trump’s trade representative, he turned the United States away from six...
Robert Lighthizer is originally from Ashtabula, Ohio, and serves as the Chair of the Center for American Trade at AFPI. Prior to joining AFPI, Lighthizer served as the 18th United States Trade Representative (USTR) under President Donald Trump.
Jul 14, 2023 · That changed in 2018, when Robert Lighthizer, the US trade representative under President Donald Trump, levied tariffs on China, a move that triggered a broader debate about decoupling, the...
Sep 27, 2023 · ROBERT E. LIGHTHIZER served as U.S. Trade Representative from 2017 to 2021 and as Deputy United States Trade Representative from 1983 to 1985. He is the author of No Trade Is Free.
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Jul 16, 2023 · In the clubby world of Washington, D.C., trade lawyers, Robert Lighthizer was always an outsider. He became wealthy representing the steel industry in its decadeslong battles to block imports,...
