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Robert Lighthizer

Robert Lighthizer

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Robert Emmet Lighthizer is an American attorney and government official who was the U. S. Trade Representative in the Trump administration from 2017 to 2021.

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Accountability & contradictions

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Responsibility

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  • 3 linked facts have no assessed welfare direction yet.
  • Lifetime coverage has not been assessed: the record reflects stored facts only (2018–2020).

Timeline

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  1. 1 January 2020

    US and China sign Phase One trade deal

  2. 30 November 2018

    USMCA signed to replace NAFTA

  3. 6 July 2018

    U.S. imposes first Section 301 tariffs on Chinese goods

Evidence & methodology

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3 of 3 linked facts verified, drawing on 1 distinct source (2018–2020).

Sources include checked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: 301+china+tariff.

Sources

  1. 1.ustr.govchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: 301+china+tariff

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