WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Reagan-era trade attorney Robert Lighthizer was easily confirmed Thursday as President Donald Trump’s United States trade representative, bringing a tough protectionist approach to national policy. The Senate confirmed Lighthizer by a vote of 82 to 14, with broad bipartisan support. The 69-year-old is returning to familiar territory, having served as deputy US trade representative in the 1980s under president Ronald Reagan. Much of Trump’s trade agenda has been on […]