Lighthizer, Mnuchin to decide U.S.-EU covered agreement's fate 'very soon'

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will “soon” decide the fate of the covered agreement on insurance and re-insurance measures that the Obama administration struck with the European Union, Lighthizer told the Ways & Means Committee during a hearing on Thursday. Lighthizer was asked about the covered agreement by Rep. Diane Black (R-TN). “I understand it was pretty much rushed through by the previous administration in their closing days to change the way insurance products are...