Robert E. Lighthizer: “I do not believe that the WTO is set up to deal effectively with a country like China and their industrial policy.”

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.

I realize we have a political system that makes it difficult, but, nonetheless, the reality is an awful lot of our senior politicians do take a long view.

In addition to China we need to continue to move forward with USMCA, we need to bring down the 232 tariffs on Canada and Mexico.

[M]any are concerned that the WTO is losing its essential focus on negotiation and becoming a litigation-centered organization. Too often members seem to believe they can gain concessions through lawsuits that they could never get at the…