United States President-elect Donal Trump, who will be sworn in on 20 January, announced on Tuesday 3 January that he would appoint business lawyer Robert Lighthizer to the post of US Foreign Trade Representative (USTR).
Lighthizer, 69, a former deputy trade representative under Republican President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, specialises in trade issues for a Washington law firm, representing agricultural, industrial and high tech interests.
“He has extensive experience striking...