America is the first country in history to fund the rise of its
rivals. We need to stop now, before it’s too late. One of the
most consequential U.S. Trade Representatives in our history,
Robert Lighthizer led a great reset of American trade policy that
has endured across Administrations. For more than 40 years, he
litigated, negotiated, and editorialized against the failed
policies of one-sided free trade as part of both the Reagan and
Trump administrations and as a private lawyer. As Trade
Representative, he fought against globalists, importers, lobbyists,
foreign governments and big businesses whose interests diverged
from those of the American workers. For decades, unbalanced
“free” trade was the preferred option for the most powerful in
Washington, and millions of ordinary Americans paid the price.
Instead of prioritizing healthy American communities, good jobs,
higher wages, and a promising future for our workers, Washington
too often cared more about corporate profits, cheap imports and the
concerns of foreign governments, including the Chinese. In return,
we got cheaper coffee makers and tee shirts, while thousands of
factories closed, wages stagnated, communities deteriorated,
economic inequality rose in our country, and we racked up trillions
of dollars in trade deficits. Part memoir, part history, and part
policy analysis, No Trade is Free tells the story of how America
found itself at this point and how the Trump administration took on
the orthodoxy of the trade establishment, with astonishing results.
With in-depth character sketches of some of the most important
leaders of our time—from Donald Trump, to Xi Jinping, to Nancy
Pelosi, to Andrés Manuel López Obrador—Lighthizer explains how
trade negotiations actually work and why leverage is the key to
success—no trade is free. This book is a wake-up call to our
politicians, thought leaders, but most importantly, everyday
Americans. It presents the case against the policies that have
weakened America and left our families and communities behind. It
argues for a worker-focused trade policy. It tells the story of our
fight for every American job and how for the first time, a US
administration took on China. But most importantly, it is a guide
to the new world economy—one which will require a worker-focused
trade policy.
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