Robert E. Lighthizer

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

Hang tough. We need structural change. This is the only way we are going to get structural change.

We have been gamed so badly for so long.

Yes, the answer is yes, it is having an impact, and it is way beyond China, and it is costing us jobs.