Robert E. Lighthizer was sworn in as the 18th United States Trade Representative (USTR) on May 15, 2017. An experienced trade negotiator and litigator, Ambassador Lighthizer has spearheaded several historic trade agreements as USTR, including the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). He lives in Palm Beach, Florida.
"No Trade is Free is a masterpiece that describes how my
Administration stood up to China and fought back against the
Globalists and Communists that have been ripping off American
workers for decades." — Donald Trump
“Bob Lighthizer is the best in the business. He completely
transformed the paradigm on trade, changing the course of American
history. If our leaders apply the lessons in this book, America can
still have a prosperous future.” — Larry Kudlow, former director of
the National Economic Council and host of Kudlow on the Fox
Business Network
“Over Bob Lighthizer’s decades-long career in public policy, he
helped reset the direction of US trade policy and advanced the
commonsense, realistic approach: recognizing that ‘no trade is
free.’ His book exposes the ideological fault lines that subjected
too many workers to the ravages of a naive view that free trade was
a reality rather than an outdated theory. This book is a must-read
for those seeking a better understanding of how we got to where we
are, and how we can chart the path forward.” — Tom Conway,
president of the United Steelworkers
“In the wake of heightened geopolitical rivalries and worsening
inequality, America is reorienting its trade policy to align with
its strategic priorities. Anyone interested in understanding what
unfolded in the Trump administration and the debates that lie ahead
ought to read this book. Bob Lighthizer continues to challenge us
to reconsider why we trade and what we hope to gain from it.” —
Mark Wu, professor of law, Harvard University
“For decades, Washington gave China concessions even while they
grew more powerful and more hostile to our interests. No Trade Is
Free is the story of how Bob Lighthizer and the Trump
administration brought common sense back to the negotiating table.”
— Marco Rubio, United States senator
“This book is destined to be a historic masterpiece. It is an
eyewitness account of a lifetime focused on better trade deals. The
details of the most significant US-Chinese negotiations since Nixon
met with Mao will make this riveting story a bestseller.” — Michael
Pillsbury, senior fellow for China strategy at the Heritage
Foundation and author of the national number one bestseller The
Hundred-Year Marathon
“Bob Lighthizer reopens a question forbidden in Washington for
decades: Just how costly is free trade? His answer reveals defects
in the entire project of globalization and lets us glimpse a path
beyond it.” — Peter Thiel, entrepreneur, cofounder of PayPal, and
author of the number one New York Times bestseller Zero to One
“The author is a wise man whose advice we would do well to heed.
Bob Lighthizer educated me on trade and economic policy during long
flights on Air Force One. Now, in No Trade Is Free, what he taught
me is accessible to all.” — Lieutenant General H. R. McMaster,
former national security advisor and author of Battlegrounds
"Lighthizer delivers a compelling case—which even seminal pro-trade
economists like David Ricardo understood—when he argues that fully
open trade works to everyone’s benefit only when it is balanced,
when participating nations observe the rules, and labor and capital
operate together." — Foreign Policy
"No Trade Is Free is an accessible and readable chronicle of US
trade history and policy over the past half-century."
— The Guardian
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