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Lighthizer, Ross, Tillerson, McMaster and Kushner on Mexico's “regular agenda of high-level meetings,” the government said.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross made a similar argument earlier in the week.

“There is a desire to get all these issues on the table so we can understand how to address this in a way that hopefully works for both parties.”

“We must immediately begin to work with potential buyers to ensure China knows that our farmers and ranchers raise the best beef in the world.”

Government officials on Thursday heard a range of voices during a hearing called to inform a Commerce Department-led review of bilateral trade deficits, with the services sector and economists blasting the study as too narrow in scope while industry groups argued that deficits are threats that should be urgently addressed.

“To the extent that we have issues to address like trade imbalances, we want to hear ASEAN views on how to improve this so that all can benefit.”

“The Department of State is ready to help ... facilitate trade and investment.”

The congressman decries a proposal to kill the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, says “strategic” spending overseas can “open up new markets.”