Robert E. Lighthizer

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.

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

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.

So I agree with you that China is a bad actor, and that we cannot let their devious behavior go unchecked.

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.

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

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

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

I think they have been victims, as much as anybody in America, of what goes on in China.