Lighthizer: 'Intense' currency deliberations go well beyond past discussions

The Trump administration is engaged in “intense” discussions about currency rules in a new NAFTA and an amended U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday. His hope, he added, is that enforceable currency provisions that deal with transparency and competitive devaluation are included in both agreements. “The notion of transparency and no competitive devalution is very much at the heart of what we’re doing; whether it’s in this agreement or not,...