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December 9, 2024

Lighthizer: U.S. not seeking 'significant' outcomes at December WTO ministerial

By Brett Fortnam  / June 21, 2017 at 1:04 PM
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Wednesday told the Senate Finance Committee the U.S. is not looking for “major deliverables or significant negotiated outcomes” at the World Trade Organization's biennial ministerial in December. Lighthizer was testifying before the Finance Committee on the Trump administration's trade agenda and USTR's fiscal year 2018 budget request. “Looking ahead to December, we are pursuing successful ministerial in Buenos Aires this December that reinvigorates the WTO,” Lighthizer said in prepared testimony . “We do not...

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