If confirmed, I hope to work with this committee, with the Ways and Means Committee, others in Congress, President Trump and those in the administration, and all stakeholders to develop and implement a policy that increases trade, grows the economy, and makes trade freer and fairer.
Lighthizer expresses his commitment to collaborate on trade policies if confirmed.
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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.
I think they have been victims, as much as anybody in America, of what goes on in China.
The President wants Chinese investment, just like he wants everybody else's investment.
I don't think we should accept anything that doesn't have structural change and is enforceable.