A Conversation with former USTR Robert Lighthizer

On October 11, the ACCF hosted Robert Lighthizer, former United States Trade Representative and author of No Trade Is Free: Changing Course, Taking on China, and Helping America’s Workers.

Robert Lighthizer served in President Trump’s cabinet as the United States Trade Representative from 2017 to 2021 and was a deputy USTR under President Reagan. He has negotiated dozens of international agreements and practiced trade law for more than forty years.

Bob Lighthizer also served as chief minority counsel and later staff director and chief of staff of the Senate Committee on Finance under Chairman Bob Dole.