Trump names Lighthizer as trade representative, taps Pence adviser for West Wing

Trump names Lighthizer as trade representative, taps Pence adviser for West Wing

Posted on January 3, 2017 by in Elections 2018, Politics
President-elect Donald Trump nominated Robert E. Lighthizer as the U.S. trade representative on Tuesday, recruiting to his Cabinet a veteran of the Reagan administration who has decades of experience in trade policy and litigation. Lighthizer, whose selected was first leaked by Trump transition officials late Monday, will join a team of Trump lieutenants charged with fulfilling one the central […]
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