Robert Lighthizer

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Robert Lighthizer in May 2017.

Robert Emmet Lighthizer (born October 11, 1947 in Ashtabula , Ohio ) is an American attorney and has been the United States' trade representative in the Trump cabinet since May 15, 2017 .

Life

Lighthizer's father was a practicing doctor in Ashtabula, where he also spent his childhood. He completed his education at the private Catholic Gilmour Academy in Gates Mill . He then took up studies at Georgetown University , where he made a bachelor's degree in 1969 and graduated with a Juris Doctor in 1973 .

From 1983, during the presidency of Ronald Reagan , he was already once Deputy Trade Representative of the USA. On May 11, 2017, he was confirmed as trade representative by the Senate and sworn in four days later. He was in charge of negotiating the new trade agreement between the USA , Canada and Mexico ( USMCA ). After China 's willingness to tariff reduction and the prevention of the December 2018 theft of intellectual property had declared that he was of President Trump appointed negotiator in the relevant discussions.

The New York Times reports that the bosses of the rust belt "have very close ties with several senior officials in the Trump administration," including trade representative Robert Lighthizer. These relationships may have contributed to the US government's decision to significantly increase tariffs on Chinese imports.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sara Clarke: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Robert Lighthizer ( English ) In: US News and World Report . January 31, 2017. Accessed September 30, 2017.
  2. ↑ United States Trade Representative, Robert E. Lighthizer, United States Trade Representative ( English ) In: ustr.gov . May 15, 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  3. ↑ Roll Call vote PN42 (English) . In: United States Senate , May 11, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2017.  
  4. ^ Jeff Mason: US expects immediate action from China on trade commitments . In: US December 3, 2018 (English, reuters.com [accessed December 4, 2018]).
  5. ↑ ¿Quién ganará la guerra comercial? In: El Dipló. October 1, 2018, accessed December 6, 2018 (European Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME Lighthizer, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lighthizer, Robert E .; Lighthizer, Robert Emmet (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American attorney, United States Trade Representative in the Trump Cabinet
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Ashtabula , Ohio