WASHINGTON: Robert Lighthizer, who was deputy US trade representative under President Reagan, will work with secretary of commerce-designate Wilbur Ross and Peter Navarro in order to “strengthen our manufacturing base and help stop the exodus of jobs from our shores”, a statement from the Trump transition team said.
Trump has said "He would not pursue multilateral trade agreements and would renegotiate existing ones. He prefers bilateral trade treaties with individual partners."
The statement said "Lighthizer played a major role in negotiating roughly two dozen bilateral international agreements on a variety of topics from steel to grain under Reagan. These agreements were uniformly tough and frequently resulted in significant reductions in the shipment of unfairly traded imports into the US.”
Mukesh Aghi, president of the US-India Business Council, has embraced the appointment of new trade envoy and siad, “The trade potential between India and the U.S. is tremendous and it will grow under the new administration. The USIBC looks forward to working with the new team,” .
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