Published January 3, 2017 6:45am EST | Updated January 3, 2017 7:04am EST

Trump Selects Robert Lighthizer As U.S. Trade Representative

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Robert Lighthizer to be U.S. Trade Representative, Trump's transition team announced Tuesday. Lighthizer was deputy U.S. Trade Representative under President Ronald Reagan, and Trump said in a statement he will do "an amazing job helping turn around the failed trade policies which have robbed so many Americans of prosperity."