Lighthizer to testify before Senate Finance panel next week

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer next week will address the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement and the president's broader trade policy during a Senate Finance Committee hearing announced on Tuesday. Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said the hearing would be held on June 18. Lighthizer is listed as the only witness. Lighthizer has not commented publicly on the president's threat to impose blanket tariffs on Mexico, a threat that was “indefinitely suspended” last week, though confusion remains over the parameters of the deal...