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China a ‘longer-term problem,’ USTR Robert Lighthizer says

By Sean Higgins
Published July 26, 2018 5:06pm ET
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China a ‘longer-term problem,’ USTR Robert Lighthizer says
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer leaves the stage after speaking at the 9th China Business Conference at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Tuesday, May 1, 2018. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and AmCham China are hosting the event. The U.S. has threatened to impose tariffs on $150 billion of Chinese goods in retaliation for what it argues are Beijing's unfair trade practices and its requirement that U.S. companies turn over technology in exchange for access to its market. China has said it would subject $50 billion of U.S. goods to tariffs if the U.S. taxes its products. A delegation led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Lighthizer and trade adviser Peter Navarro will visit Beijing for negotiations later this week. | (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said Thursday that the White House did not expect to resolve its ongoing trade disputes with China in the foreseeable future, indicating that the tariffs against that country and its retaliatory ones against the U.S. could last for a while.

“China is going to be a longer-term problem. That isn’t to say we are going to be in a trade war with China in my judgment,” Lighthizer told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday. Lighthizer was responding to questions from Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.

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