Senate Finance to Host USTR for Trade Policy Hearing Next Week
The Senate Finance Committee on June 21 will convene a hearing on Trump administration trade policy and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s fiscal year 2018 budget request, the committee announced (here). U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is scheduled…
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to be the sole witness testifying at the hearing. “As the United States looks to sell more American products and services across the globe, our focus should be on opening new markets for our exporters and protecting intellectual property rights to help maintain the United States’ competitiveness abroad,” committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said. “This administration has been clear about its intent to pursue trade policies that, through close consultation with Congress, will build a stronger American economy and bring real benefits to American workers, families and job creators.”