U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will meet with Britain’s trade minister Liz Truss this week, British government officials said on Tuesday, as the two allies gear up for post-Brexit trade talks that could prove contentious. Lighthizer's trip to Britain will also include a speaking engagement [video]www.oxford-union.org/node/2119[/video] at the Oxford Union on March 2. His meeting with Truss was confirmed by a spokeswoman at the British embassy in Washington. A USTR spokesman did not respond to a query about Lighthizer's British itinerary. Truss has said that Britain would seek far-reaching reductions in ... (full story)