Republican senators won’t back Trump’s trade nominee Robert Lighthizer

Published May 11, 2017 2:06am ET



If President Trump wants to get his nominee for U.S. Trade Representative confirmed, he’ll have to do it without the votes of Sens. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., and John McCain, R-Ariz. It remains to be seen how many other Republicans will be willing to buck Trump and his protectionist sympathies on the issue of trade.

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