FILE PHOTO - U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer holds his glasses and the headset as he addresses the media to close the second round of NAFTA talks involving the United States, Mexico and Canada at Secretary of Economy headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico, September 5, 2017. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido
WASHINGTON/GENEVA (Reuters) - After railing against the World Trade Organization for years, U.S. President Donald Trump's trade chief will get a chance to stare down his WTO counterparts over Trump's "America First" trade agenda.
The question is whether U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will try to work to build consensus within the organisation or weaken it through neglect at the WTO's 11th Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires, which opens on Dec. 10.
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