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Lighthizer, at swearing-in ceremony, promises to ‘reverse’ America’s ‘dangerous’ trade policies

May 15, 2017 at 4:49 PM
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer took office on Monday promising to help President Trump “permanently” reverse what he described as America’s “dangerous” trade policies. At his swearing-in ceremony, Lighthizer said he was “grateful to have been asked by the president to serve him on this very important issue of international trade,” adding that “when my grandchildren, who are here today, talk to their grandchildren, they will say that President Trump permanently reversed the dangerous trajectory of American trade, put America...


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