Tai on Lighthizer: ‘Same diagnoses’ for China, shared aspirations for change

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai shares many of the same views about Beijing’s trading practices as her predecessor, she said on Monday, arguing that both recognize a need for a new U.S. approach to trade but insisting the U.S. cannot change the trading system by itself. In a conversation at the Atlantic Council on the future of U.S.-European Union trade, Tai described the similarities and differences between her trade views and those held by her predecessor, Robert Lighthizer, who served...