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WASHINGTON — January 12, 2018 — The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which represents the US video game industry, commended today's release of the 2017 Special 301 Out - of - Cycle Review of Notorious Markets by US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.

Gordon Reid, president and CEO of Goodreid Investment Counsel, joins Paul Bagnell to discuss the latest development in the NAFTA renegotiations, in which U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer declared «NAFTA countries are nowhere near close to a deal» just hours after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said a good deal was on the table.

In the morning, President Donald Trump meets with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, and then will depart the White House for Joint Base Andrews, en route to Springfield, Missouri.

Vice President Mike Pence this morning meets at the White House with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, followed by a meeting with the president.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D - N.Y., this week stressed to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer that a modernized North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) must include provisions to allow U.S. dairy to compete with Canada on a level playing field.

It was not surprising, then, when U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer confirmed publicly last month the rumour that the Trump administration wants Canada and Mexico to agree to ban front - of - pack labelling in a renegotiated NAFTA, arguing that national food labelling is «protectionist.»

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, right, and Mexico's Secretary of Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villarrea, deliver statements to the media during the sixth round of negotiations for a new North American Free Trade Agreement in Montreal in January 2018.

The US dairy industry aims to work with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on a number of trade policy issues including the renegotiation of NAFTA, expanding market access channels in Asia, and preventing the loss of common food names.

According to emails and receipts obtained by a government watchdog group, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer's office replaced his original desk, returned the replacement and then bought a new one — racking up nearly $ 4,000 on the purchases and associated shipping costs.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer also is investigating whether the U.S. should crack down on China's technology transfer and intellectual property policies for unfairly discriminating against U.S. companies.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer couldn't find too many redeeming qualities of the trade deal on the books.

On the surface, United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer appears to have made an ironclad case against China in the so - called Section 301 report issued on March 22.

But Trump commissioned US Trade Representative Robert Llighthizer to negotiate «with countries that seek an alternative to the tariffs.»

Cohn's exit will strengthen the anti-free trade bloc in the administration, which includes White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.

US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said the US is not looking for mere tweaks in the existing treaty, but substantial changes that assure balance and reciprocity.

We first commented on the story back in March, when President Trump instructed U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to levy at least US$ 50 billion in tariffs on Chinese Imports.

There was also the rather significant factor of protectionist sentiment in the Trump Administration, as shown by the statements and actions of U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.

Politico reported that «U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer presented Trump with a package of tariffs that would target the equivalent of $ 30 billion a year in Chinese imports.

While US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told reporters he was «surprised and disappointed» by the resistance to the US initiatives, his counterparts were resolute in their resistance.

US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, US Trade Representative Robert...

Meanwhile, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has been negotiating country exemptions with foreign governments.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer speaks during a meeting hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump with governors and members of Congress at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 12, 2018.

Separately, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer issued his own statement that read in part: «While we have made progress on some of our efforts to modernize NAFTA, I remain concerned about the lack of headway.

The report, the first by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, comes as the president also is considering retaliating against China for forcing foreign companies to surrender their intellectual property and is seeking to renegotiate a pair of major trade deals.

Though there are a few pointed items that will likely make negotiations challenging, MacNaughton said he saw no real surprises in the «laundry list» of negotiation objectives released by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.

The delegation is expected to include U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and the director of the White House's National Economic Council, Larry Kudlow.

President Trump appointed U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to represent r the United States.

The delegation will include Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin and US trade representative Robert Lighthizer, as well as Trump advisors Lawrence Kudlow and Peter Navarro.

These facts are why U.S. Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer announced that two major objectives for NAFTA are raising the total NAFTA content requirement and raising the U.S. share of that requirement, especially in autos and auto parts.

US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, and other senior economic officials will meet with Chinese officials on Thursday and Friday to discuss the two countries» trade disagreements.

However, on Thursday, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told a Senate committee that the EU, Argentina, Brazil, South Korea and Australia will not be subject to the trade penalties once they take effect Friday.

The European Union, South Korea, Australia, Argentina and Brazil may be exempted from the Trump administration's tariffs on steel and aluminum, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday.

Freeland, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo met for a second straight day in a push to seal a quick deal on revamping the North American Free Trade Agreement.

US trade representative Robert Lighthizer is the man lurking in the shadows of Donald Trump's trade offensive on China.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on July 17 released a summary of objectives for the upcoming renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada.

The United States plans to start negotiations with South Korea in Seoul next week regarding amendments to a five - year - old free trade agreement, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Aug. 17.

Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo will travel to Washington for meetings with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Wednesday, the people said.

As U.S. Trade Representative Robert E. Lighthizer, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and other officials head to Beijing this week for high - stakes trade talks with Chinese counterparts, they seek to correct an economic relationship with China that has become increasingly unbalanced — and, over the long term, dangerous — for the United States and other nations.

The members of the US delegation include US Ambassador to China Terry Branstad, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, the statement noted.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Larry Kudlow, head of the president's National Economic Council, are also in attendance.

Washington, DC — Today, United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, and Mexican Secretary of the Economy Ildefonso Guajardo successfully concluded the fourth round of the renegotiation and modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer wrote in a report Wednesday that «China has appeared to be moving further away from market principles in recent years» and that «as a sovereign nation, China is free to pursue whatever trade policy it prefers.»

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said he wants to reach a deal in coming weeks to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement, adding a sense of urgency to trilateral negotiations that have run for over eight months.

The possible tariffs against China follow a report from Politico, in which Trump rejected a proposal by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer that called for tariffs on $ 30 billion of Chinese imports.

Navarro, along with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, have been encouraging the president to take aggressive action on trade since the beginning of the administration.

Political news may also garner attention today, as U.S. trade delegation Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer are set to meet with Chinese officials in Beijing today and tomorrow.

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer today released the following statement on the conclusion of the second special session of the U.S. - Korea (KORUS) Free Trade Agreement.

«I am pleased that WTO panels have finally agreed with the overwhelming evidence that U.S. dolphin - safe labeling requirements are accurate and fair,» said U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.

And Trump's top trade official, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, is a formidable negotiator with trade experience dating back to the Reagan era.

The president instructed U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to levy tariffs on at least $ 50 billion of Chinese imports, citing allegations China violates U.S. intellectual property.