Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch said Tuesday that Democrats are holding the nomination of Robert Lighthizer to be U.S. trade representative “hostage.”
The Utah Republican said Democrats appeared to have no objection to Lighthizer, a former deputy trade representative, but were using his nomination as leverage to pressure the Trump administration on trade policy.
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