Robert Lighthizer photograph

Robert Lighthizer

Use attributes for filter !
Gender Male
Age 77
Date of birth October 11,1947
Zodiac sign Libra
Born Ashtabula
OH
NationalityAmerican
Party Republican Party
Children Claire Lighthizer
Robert Lighthizer Jr.
Full nameRobert Emmet Lighthizer
Education Georgetown University Law Center
Parents Michaelene Lighthizer
Siblings O. James Lighthizer
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID407632
Send edit request

Robert Lighthizer Life story


Robert Emmet Lighthizer is an American attorney and government official who served as the United States Trade Representative from 2017 to 2021. After he graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 1973, Lighthizer joined the firm of Covington and Burling in Washington, D.C.

US mulls retaliation to French tech tax

US mulls retaliation to French tech tax
Feb 16,2020 8:48 am

... What is Washington threatening? Robert Lighthizer, the US Trade Representative (USTR), has published, including champagne and sparkling wine, Roquefort and other cheeses, make-up, handbags, and homeware such as porcelain and bone china...

Trump is optimistic for U. S. -China trade talks

Trump is optimistic for U. S. -China trade talks
Feb 16,2020 7:03 am

... Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, met Mr Liu and other Chinese officials...

US set to impose tariffs on $7. 5bn of EU exports in Airbus row

US set to impose tariffs on $7. 5bn of EU exports in Airbus row
Feb 16,2020 6:47 am

... Finally, after 15 years of litigation, the WTO has confirmed that the United States is entitled to impose countermeasures in response to the EU s illegal subsidies, said US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer...

Trump delays some tariffs on Chinese imports

Trump delays some tariffs on Chinese imports
Feb 16,2020 5:17 am

... Earlier on Tuesday, China s chief trade negotiators, Vice Premier Liu He and Commerce Minister Zhong Shan, spoke to their US counterparts, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer...

Brexit panic not justified, says ex-Trump adviser Stephen Vaughn

Brexit panic not justified, says ex-Trump adviser Stephen Vaughn
Feb 16,2020 5:09 am

... On US preparations for a potential deal with the UK, he said that Robert Lighthizer, the current US Trade Representative, had done all the preparations needed...

Trump dealt blow as US trade deficit jumps

Trump dealt blow as US trade deficit jumps
Feb 16,2020 3:22 am

... Meanwhile, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom are meeting on Wednesday in Washington, where the issue of allowing America s agriculture industry access to Europe is expected to be discussed...

Trump is optimistic for U. S. -China trade talks

Feb 16,2020 3:22 am

Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He leaves the trade negotiations.

US President Donald Trump sounded an optimistic note at the end of The First day of the US-China trade talks in Washington DC.

"We had a very, very good negotiation with China," Mr Trump told reporters after The Talks wrapped up.

Mr Trump will meet directly with Vice-Premier Liu He in the White house on Friday.

Earlier reports suggested that the Chinese delegation will leave after The First day of The Talks .

the Asian markets and Wall Street followed later, after Mr Trump's comments.

Thursday's talks kicked off amidst a backdrop of renewed tensions, as in the United States.

they were The First high-level talks in More Than two months.

the US Secretary of the Treasury, Steven Mnuchin , and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer , met Mr Liu and other Chinese officials.

"The Chinese side came up with great seriousness, willing to cooperate with the United States on the balance of trade, market access and the protection of investors," said Mr Liu, the official Xinhua news Agency said.

Earlier in the week, the U.S. government has blacklisted 28 Chinese units, which it said were "implicated", in Human Rights violations, and imposed additional visa restrictions for Chinese government officials.

The Chinese Embassy in Washington condemned The Visa action and said the U.S. allegations about violations of Human Rights were "made-up "pretext" to interfere in China's Affairs.

Although many on The Blacklist entities, state safety office, called The Eight companies that include some of China's leaders in Artificial Intelligence .

The black list of these companies ' access to US could limit micro-chips, which you leave on for many of their products and services.

Human Rights organisations and the UN say that China has rounded up and imprisoned, More Than a million Uighurs and other mostly Muslim minorities in internment camps in the province of Xinjiang.

China is the fact that you are "vocational training centres" with the aim of prevention of terrorism, the promotion of integration in the Chinese society and employment.

Although the officials speak positively about The Meeting , some expect More Than incremental progress.

"I think China is on the search for a trading truce", said Einar Tangen, a former economic adviser to the Chinese government.

"At this point, it is not clear whether there was ever any sort of breakthrough. The idea of being in Beijing is that they will never allow the Chinese policy in Washington, DC. "

The U.S. and China have been Locked In a long-running trade spat over a variety of topics.

in The Past 15 months, The World 's two largest economies imposed duties on billions of dollars ' worth of other goods.

The United States is calling for better protection for US intellectual property, and the end of the two cyber-theft and forced technology transfers to Chinese companies.

It is also China wants to reduce industry subsidies, and access to Chinese markets to US firms.



steven mnuchin, china, donald trump, united states, global trade, uighurs

Source of news: bbc.com

Robert Lighthizer Photos

Related Persons

Next Profile ❯