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.”

Total chaos on trade isn't going to create a single red, white, and blue job.

I am a complete believer in what you're doing, and if you're saying, is it something that I care about? am I active on? the answer is yes.

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

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