New U.S. trade envoy says to meet lawmakers on NAFTA, attend APEC meetWASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer started work on Monday, vowing to help reverse a “dangerous trajectory” of U.S. trade and making plans to meet with lawmakers over the NAFTA trade deal and attend a Pacific trade ministers conference in Vietnam. Lighthizer, a veteran trade lawyer and deputy USTR during the Reagan administration, was sworn into office by Vice President Mike Pence, capping months of delays and filling the last open seat in President Donald Trump’s cabinet. Lighthizer will be one of three key leaders on trade policy, working alongside Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and White House trade and industrial policy adviser Peter Navarro. All three have vowed to help shrink chronic U.S. trade deficits through stronger enforcement of U.S. trade laws and to negotiate deals that boost U.S. exports without leading to jobs and factories migrating overseas.   “When my grandchildren, who are here today, talk to their grandchildren, they will say that President Trump permanently reversed the dangerous trajectory of American trade, put America first and made our farmers, ranchers and workers richer and the country safer,” Lighthizer said. “I hope I can make some small contribution to that accomplishment.” Lighthizer, 69, will be the principal U.S. negotiator in talks expected to start later this year to revamp the 23-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico. On Tuesday, he will start two days of meetings with members of key trade-related panels in Congress, a spokeswoman for the Senate Finance Committee said. The meetings are required before USTR can formally launch the formal renegotiating process with a 90-day consultation period. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer also said Lighthizer will attend the May 20-21 meeting of trade ministers from the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) countries in Hanoi, Vietnam. At that meeting, Lighthizer will face many counterparts who were signatories to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the 12-country free trade agreement from which Trump withdrew in January. Some countries, including Japan, have been exploring options to revive TPP without the United States. China, the largest U.S. trading partner, also is a member of APEC, allowing Lighthizer an opportunity to meet his Chinese counterparts as the Trump administration seeks to build on agreements to shrink the U.S. trade deficit with China. Last week, Commerce’s Ross said the United States and China had agreed to take action by mid-July to increase access to Chinese markets for U.S. beef, financial services and liquefied natural gas. politicsNews
new trade envoy says meet lawmakers bafta attend spec meetwashington reuters new trade representative robert lighthizer started work monday vowing help reverse dangerous trajectory trade making plans meet lawmakers bafta trade deal attend pacific trade ministers conference vietnam lighthizer veteran trade lawyer deputy user reagan administration sworn office vice president mike pence capping months delays filling last open seat president donald trump cabinet lighthizer one three key leaders trade policy working alongside commerce secretary wilbur ross white house trade industrial policy adviser peter navarro all three vowed help shrink chronic trade deficits stronger enforcement trade laws negotiate deals boost exports without leading jobs factories migrating overseas when grandchildren today talk grandchildren say president trump permanently reversed dangerous trajectory american trade put america first made farmers ranchers workers richer country safer lighthizer said i hope i make small contribution lighthizer principal negotiator talks expected start later year revamp north american free trade agreement canada mexico on tuesday start two days meetings members key panels congress spokeswoman senate finance committee said the meetings required user formally launch formal negotiating process consultation period white house press secretary sean spider also said lighthizer attend may meeting trade ministers economic cooperation spec countries hand vietnam at meeting lighthizer face many counterparts signatories partnership free trade agreement trump withdrew january some countries including japan exploring options revive tpp without united states china largest trading partner also member spec allowing lighthizer opportunity meet chinese counterparts trump administration seeks build agreements shrink trade deficit china last week commerce ross said united states china agreed take action increase access chinese markets beef financial services liquefied natural gas politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: New U.S. trade envoy says to meet lawmakers on NAFTA, attend APEC meetWASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer started work on Monday, vowing to help reverse a “dangerous trajectory” of U.S. trade and making plans to meet with lawmakers over the NAFTA trade deal and attend a Pacific trade ministers conference in Vietnam. Lighthizer, a veteran trade lawyer and deputy USTR during the Reagan administration, was sworn into office by Vice President Mike Pence, capping months of delays and filling the last open seat in President Donald Trump’s cabinet. Lighthizer will be one of three key leaders on trade policy, working alongside Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and White House trade and industrial policy adviser Peter Navarro. All three have vowed to help shrink chronic U.S. trade deficits through stronger enforcement of U.S. trade laws and to negotiate deals that boost U.S. exports without leading to jobs and factories migrating overseas.   “When my grandchildren, who are here today, talk to their grandchildren, they will say that President Trump permanently reversed the dangerous trajectory of American trade, put America first and made our farmers, ranchers and workers richer and the country safer,” Lighthizer said. “I hope I can make some small contribution to that accomplishment.” Lighthizer, 69, will be the principal U.S. negotiator in talks expected to start later this year to revamp the 23-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico. On Tuesday, he will start two days of meetings with members of key trade-related panels in Congress, a spokeswoman for the Senate Finance Committee said. The meetings are required before USTR can formally launch the formal renegotiating process with a 90-day consultation period. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer also said Lighthizer will attend the May 20-21 meeting of trade ministers from the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) countries in Hanoi, Vietnam. At that meeting, Lighthizer will face many counterparts who were signatories to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the 12-country free trade agreement from which Trump withdrew in January. Some countries, including Japan, have been exploring options to revive TPP without the United States. China, the largest U.S. trading partner, also is a member of APEC, allowing Lighthizer an opportunity to meet his Chinese counterparts as the Trump administration seeks to build on agreements to shrink the U.S. trade deficit with China. Last week, Commerce’s Ross said the United States and China had agreed to take action by mid-July to increase access to Chinese markets for U.S. beef, financial services and liquefied natural gas. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: new trade envoy says meet lawmakers bafta attend spec meetwashington reuters new trade representative robert lighthizer started work monday vowing help reverse dangerous trajectory trade making plans meet lawmakers bafta trade deal attend pacific trade ministers conference vietnam lighthizer veteran trade lawyer deputy user reagan administration sworn office vice president mike pence capping months delays filling last open seat president donald trump cabinet lighthizer one three key leaders trade policy working alongside commerce secretary wilbur ross white house trade industrial policy adviser peter navarro all three vowed help shrink chronic trade deficits stronger enforcement trade laws negotiate deals boost exports without leading jobs factories migrating overseas when grandchildren today talk grandchildren say president trump permanently reversed dangerous trajectory american trade put america first made farmers ranchers workers richer country safer lighthizer said i hope i make small contribution lighthizer principal negotiator talks expected start later year revamp north american free trade agreement canada mexico on tuesday start two days meetings members key panels congress spokeswoman senate finance committee said the meetings required user formally launch formal negotiating process consultation period white house press secretary sean spider also said lighthizer attend may meeting trade ministers economic cooperation spec countries hand vietnam at meeting lighthizer face many counterparts signatories partnership free trade agreement trump withdrew january some countries including japan exploring options revive tpp without united states china largest trading partner also member spec allowing lighthizer opportunity meet chinese counterparts trump administration seeks build agreements shrink trade deficit china last week commerce ross said united states china agreed take action increase access chinese markets beef financial services liquefied natural gas politicsnews