Robert E. Lighthizer: “Hang tough. This is really, really, really important. We have to do things that lead to reform in China.”

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

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

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.