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Lighthizer defends engagement with Capitol Hill in Ways & Means briefing

February 7, 2018 at 11:04 PM
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, in a closed-door meeting with House Ways & Means Committee members on Wednesday, defended his efforts to engage with Congress since taking office last year -- which some on Capitol Hill have faulted as insufficient. Lawmakers and people briefed on the session told Inside U.S. Trade a large part of the meeting dealt with the administration’s engagement efforts with Congress and a lack of senior personnel needed to speed up the ongoing NAFTA...


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