McConnell Files Cloture for USTR Confirmation Vote
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on May 9 filed cloture on the nomination of Robert Lighthizer to serve as U.S. trade representative, limiting debate prior to a floor vote on Lighthizer’s confirmation. The Senate was amid debate at the…
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time of International Trade Today's publication. The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) on May 10 added its name to the list of business groups calling for Lighthizer to be confirmed. AIA CEO David Melcher in a statement (here) said Lighthizer’s experience as deputy trade representative in the Reagan administration negotiating bilateral trade agreements will “be of remarkable benefit” to the U.S. and the aerospace and defense industries as AIA hopes to expand U.S. efforts and enforce international trading obligations.