He Helped Trump Remake Global Trade. His Work Isn’t Done.

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U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump in 2018. - Mike Theiler/Press Pool Former President Donald Trump rewrote the consensus on trade policy, so much so that President Biden largely copied it: Prioritize domestic manufacturing, deprioritize trade deals, sideline the World Trade Organization and embrace tariffs. Other than Trump himself, no one did more to refashion that consensus than his trade ambassador, Robert Lighthizer. He has unfinished business. In a book published last year and in a recent interview, Lighthizer describes an agenda encompassing an even bigger shift in global trade. Most Read from...