Robert E. Lighthizer

I am proud that President Trump has been one of the first Presidents to stand up to these unfair trade practices.

these things have to be bipartisan. They cannot be partisan.

We know that just sitting around blathering hasn't worked for 25 or 30 years, so we have to try something new.

Hang tough. Don't go for the soybean solution. Go for the structural change. This is our one chance.

There is no trade program in the United States if we don't pass USMCA.

I don't think we should accept anything that doesn't have structural change and is enforceable.

Hang tough. This is really, really, really important. We have to do things that lead to reform in China.

The President wants Chinese investment, just like he wants everybody else's investment.

There is a long history of failure by China to protect intellectual property.

We have been gamed so badly for so long.

But I have real concerns with the way the Administration has approached the problem, creating and escalating a trade war that has caused harm to many businesses.