Lighthizer, Brady square off over ISDS at Ways & Means trade hearing

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on March 21 defended his approach to investor-state dispute settlement in the face of strong criticism from House Ways & Means Committee members -- including Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), who bluntly told the USTR that Congress was his "client" in the NAFTA talks. Brady, who along with more than 100 other Republican members of Congress recently sent Lighthizer a letter tying ISDS to congressional support for a new deal, was the most vocal -- but...