On the recordFebruary 26, 2019
The kind of rules we need, by the way, I would just point out, are in USMCA, right? That is, like, the gold standard for all of this stuff.
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Robert E. Lighthizer
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congress.govRobert E. Lighthizer: “The kind of rules we need, by the way, I would just point out, are in USMCA, right? That is, like, the gold standard for…”
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Lighthizer emphasizes USMCA as the gold standard for trade rules.
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