Trump administration heads into 2018 without key USTR, Commerce, ITC officials

The Senate voted to confirm a slew of administration officials on Thursday, but two nominees for top Office of the U.S. Trade Representative slots were not among them. Gregg Doud, tapped to be USTR's chief agricultural negotiator, and Jeffrey Gerrish, in line to be deputy USTR for Asia, Europe, the Middle East and industrial competitiveness, have been approved by the Senate Finance Committee but have yet to receive a floor vote – and won't until 2018 now that the Senate...