What is Robert Lighthizer?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Robert Lighthizer | image = Robert E. Lighthizer official portrait.jpg | office = [[United States Department of Commerce|Trade Czar of the United States]] | status = Designate | 1blankname = Secretary of Commerce | 1namedata = [[Howard Lutnick]] ''(nominee)'' | president = [[Donald Trump]] | term_start = January 20, 2025 | term_end = | predecessor = <!--''Position established''--> | succeeding = ''Position established'' | successor = | office1 = 18th [[Office of the United States Trade Representative|United States Trade Representative]] | president1 = [[Donald Trump]] | deputy1 = [[Jeffrey Gerrish]]<br>[[C.J. Mahoney]]<br>Dennis Shea | term_start1 = May 15, 2017 | term_end1 = January 20, 2021 | predecessor1 = [[Michael Froman]] | successor1 = [[Katherine Tai]] | office2 = 1st [[Office of the United States Trade Representative|United States Deputy Trade Representative]] | president2 = [[Ronald Reagan]] | term_start2 = April 15, 1983 | term_end2 = August 16, 1985 | predecessor2 = ''Position established'' | successor2 = | birth_name = Robert Emmet Lighthizer | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|10|11}} | birth_place = [[Ashtabula, Ohio]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = | children = 2 | education = [[Georgetown University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]]) | caption = Official portrait, 2017 }} '''Robert Emmet Lighthizer''' (born October 11, 1947) is an [[Americans|American]] [[lawyer]].<ref>Rasky, Susan F. (September 30, 1984). [https://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/30/business/the-steel-trade-negotiations-the-experts-who-will-forge-the-new-quot