Trump's trade 'hammer' aims to pound China, Mexico and the WTO
New nominee for US trade representative has a history of using aggressive tactics
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THE trade talks on steel imports were dragging on, and Robert Lighthizer didn't care for the Japanese offer. So he folded it into a paper airplane and launched it across his desk at Japan's lead negotiator.
Within days, the Japanese agreed to cut their nation's share of the US steel market, a key piece of then-president Ronald Reagan's plan to curb foreign steel imports.
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