against terrorist networks and we will continue to work closely with turkey to root them out. meanwhile, we will do what is necessary to protect our people. i'm confident we can and we will. we will defeat those who offer only death and destruction and we will always remember even as there are those trying to divide us that we are stronger when we come together and work towards a better world together. i'm reminded of the fact, combined are three nations are home to nearly 480 million people. we are bound together by family including millions of immigrants. not only among each other's top trade partners, we are global hub in the nation. with integrated economies and supply chains and productions that spanned the borders.

on every security and global challenge, we are partners. and we are united by common values for democracy and pluralism and a commitment to human dignity. over the past eight years, i've worked to strengthen our partnerships with our friends and -- in america. that begins with our strengthening of the partnership between canada and mexico. we boosted exports by about 50%. during my administration. about american 2.8 million jobs and today as justin and enrique described, the ability process. we make it easier to do both this -- business together. so that our region is even more competitive. we are bringing more advanced technology to the border crossings which will reduce wait time for travelers and make it more affordable to trade. by the end of this year, we will have a single trusted traveler program for all three of our

countries which will make it easier to travel while at the same time improving security. we will continue to line our standards and regulations which are important for small businesses who want to export more. he will do more together to women entrepreneurs and minority owned businesses and we will expand our educational exchanges among our students. as has been mentioned, we discussed the transpacific partnership. the politics of trade are always difficult in every country. i don't know any country where there will not be some folks who argue against trade. we all believe in integrated and global economy. the goal is not for us to try and shut ourselves off from the world, but to work together to raise standards around the world. for workers and for the environment. that is exactly what tpp does. it is the right thing to do and

we will keep working towards it. given the flood of steel and aluminum on the markets, it points to the fact that free trade also has to be fair trade and our three countries agree to work together on a range of measures to enforce our rights and protect our workers. and ensure a level playing field for the steel and industry. -- steel industry. -- the steel and aluminum industries in north america. given the vote, our economic teams will continue to work together so that we remain focused on keeping our economy together and make sure the global financial system is stable. something i'm confident we can do that. second, we are making sure that both north america remains in -- that north america remains a leader in the fight on climate change. all three of our nations are now committed to joining the paris agreement this year.

we're announcing a new goal across the continent generating 50% of our electricity with clean power by 2025 which is a bold goal but eminently achievable. united states government is theunited states government is making a major commitment to purchase more clean energy for federal facilities. all three of our countries are committed to reducing methane emissions from the oil and that -- and guess sector by 40-45%. by third, we will do more to 2025. make sure we are looking after safety and health of our children -- citizens from illicit drugs. we are focused on the epidemic of opioid abuse and heroine taken some a and devastating summary families. our teams will meet to make sure we are courting efforts and our efforts or treatment and we will be relentless against criminals and narcotraffickers inflicting so much violence on our

communities. fourth, we are deepening our cooperation on regional and global challenges. joint efforts against diseases , helping to address poverty and violence. people are fleeing difficult circumstances. i would you think justin and enrique for the strong support of our approach to cuba and i'm glad that our countries agree to be more willing to address the refugee crisis and expand our peacekeeping effort. in our hemisphere with the historic agreement in called it in a major step towards peace, -- in colombia, a major step toward these we will have the , climates remove landmines -- colombians to remove landmines. it will fortify what has been a

difficult negotiation. given the situation in venezuela, together we are calling on the government and opposition to engage in meaningful dialogue and the venezuelan government to respect the rule of law. and the authority of the national assembly. political prisoner should be released in the democratic process should be respected and that includes legitimate efforts to pursue a referendum. -- pursue a recall referendum consistent with venezuelan law. in closing, we are determined to keep building on the process that has been made at previous leadership summits. by the way, i love the story about monarch butterflies. they are not just any species. they are spectacular. we want to make sure our children and grandchildren can see them as well. we are creating what we call a north american caucus which means our three governments will meet on a more regular basis. we will continue our trilateral efforts here and around the world and we will do more to

speak with one united north american voice on the world stage. we cannot have better partners than justin and and enrique. i'm confidence we will advance regional cooperation. and integration and that will be good for our people in the world as well. muchas gracias. merci beaucoup. >> we are now ready to start with the question period. first question from canadian journalist. >> good afternoon. one of the candidates who want to replace president obama has already said he wants to renegotiate nafta and walk away from the transpacific partnership. all suggesting that perhaps it is a growing disconnect between the pro-trade message you are selling here in the protectionist voices we are here in the u.s. and the brexit in the u.k.? what is your strategy to reverse this sentiment?

>> first of all, our strategy is to highlight how much trade and positive agreements among our nation's are good for the economy of the world and the economy of our countries, but also good for our citizens. we know that industries export salaries that are 50% higher than textures -- sectors that don't export we also know that trade can provide jobs and innovation and progress for individuals as well. in our conversation today and yesterday, we find agreements and have conversations that allowed us to remove the says

from mexican visitors to canada. for mexican-- visas visitors to canada. this will have effects on all communities that welcome mexican tourists. it will also allow canadians and agriculture producers to have access to the mexican beef market. these are examples of the cooperation that we say is good for the north american market and for the entire world. with this in mind, it is important to come together to talk together about the future of this world where we are more and more connected. we have to agree more and more in this world. >> our response is to highlight when we come together at events like this, there is a opportunity to come together in

ways that are beneficial for our countries and beneficial for individual citizens. we know that export intensive industries pay on average 50% higher wages than nonexpert in industries. -- non-exporting industries. we know that trade leads to innovation and opportunities for communities, for individuals and workers. we need to make sure that we are dealing with challenges and problems as they come up and that is where a constant engaged dialogue comes with positive outcomes. just yesterday quit president -- with president nieto, we were able to establish forward movement on issues that will have a beneficial impact on both sides of the deal.

we will be lifting these us for visitors -- visas for visitors which will have a positive impact on communities across the country as a welcome tourists. but also we have been able to secure access for canadian farmers to sell their beef in mexico. these are good, concrete things that happened when we pull together and deal with important issues. and always there will be people trying to get us to turn inwards but the fact is our world is interconnected and so many ways that it is much better that we engage and were through our -- we work through our challenges together because, really, that is how we end up with the kind of growth and benefits for our country and citizens. >> i will be very brief.

in addressing your question. when one hasetimes has not been valued enough and this integration has managed to achieve is precisely to give to our countries more opportunities, give our societies more opportunities by growing trade, i having more -- by having more investment in our three countries -- by having more investment in our three countries, in our three countries we see opportunity growing and reaching out to more people. i can make exchanges and the possibility of studying abroad in any of the three countries represented here. three heads of state. our outcomes of our trilateral agreement, we are all aware of

how the reaction are happening in the u.k. and there is still uncertainty, the outcome of the referendum is not certain. but when someone values what you have, you see such reaction so we are here try to innovate and be more competitive because we are competitors, yes, but we have couple mentoring economies -- complementary economies and that will get more benefit to our societies. this is the main goal of our effort. the agreement made here are not only agreements made by three heads of state, we are building roads, building the foundation

so that our societies can have strong foundations and go further. that makes a great contrast when some other countries choose isolationism, they choose protection. they are not letting the society project themselves to other kinds of scenarios. >> let me make a couple of points. first of all, the integration of national economies into a global economy, that is here. that is done. and so the question is not whether or not there's going to be an international global economy, there is one.

technology, travel, massive cargo containers that can ship goods back and forth. the fact that a company can move capital around the world and the -- in the blink of an eye and that an engineer can send plants across the world to a colleague, those are facts. we have an integrated economy. the question is under what terms are we going to shape that economy. it is my firm belief that making sure that how we trade, how we exchange goods, it is my firm belief that shaping those in

accordance with the values that our three countries care deeply about is going to be good for us. us trying to abandon the field and pull up the drawbridge around us will be bad for us. with respect to brexit, i think is important to point out that those who argued about leaving the european union of the same folks who very next day are insisting that don't worry, we will still have access to the think market. -- to the single market. apparently, their argument was not about trade generally, -- it -- no obligations with access to the free market. it is important for us not to draw using analogies between

-- easy analogies between what happened in the u.k. and the eu versus what is happening in our three countries in terms of trade and what is happening in terms of us attention to access -- us attempting to access asian markets through tpp. point number one. now point number two, ordinary people who have concerns about trade have a legitimate gripe about globalization. the fact is that as the global economy is integrated, we have seen trendlines across the advanced economies of growing inequality. and stagnant wages. in a smaller and smaller share of the overall productivity and growth going to workers in a larger portion going to the top 1%. that is a real problem because if that continues, the social

cohesion and political consensus needed for liberal markets starts breaking down. they are right to be concerned about that. i'm concerned about a just and is concerned and enrique is concerned as well. the question is what to do about it. the prescription of withdrawing from trade deals and focusing solely on a local market, that is the wrong medicine. it is not feasible. our auto plants would shut down if we do not have access to some parts of other parts of the world. we would lose jobs and the amount of disruption that would be involved would be norma's. -- enormous.

secondly, we would be less efficient. cost of our goods would be much more expensive. in our own countries. and this nostalgia of an era where everybody was working in manufacturing jobs without a college degree and you could support a family with a middle-class life, that has been undermined by automation more than outsourcing the shift of jobs to low income or low-wage countries. the steel industry is producing as much steel in the united states as it ever was. it just needs 1/10 of the workers. this is why my pushback on both the left and right when it comes to protectionism or anti-trade arguments is you are right to be

concerned about the trends, but what you are prescribing will not work. there's a better way of doing this. the better way of doing this is countries like ours that have high labor standards and now environment standards and strong protection of intellectual property and rule of law, we have to get out there and shape the rules so that they work for our workers and his missus. -- businesses. and if they don't, china will bend the rules. they may not have the same regard for the values we care about. other countries will right the rules in ways that disadvantage our workers and businesses. in asia right now, there are a whole lot of tears but keep our products out but because we happen to be one of the most open nations in the world, the taunus -- telling us, we need to engage more.

we combine that with investments in education and tax policies that are fair and making sure that colleges affordable and strengthening the safety net and rebuilding the epicenter with jobs that cannot be exported and development and we are building an inclusive society in which everybody has a fair shot. that is how we are going to solve these problems. what is true is that too many folks who have been in charge around the world have neglected that side of the equation. we're going to keep on pushing hard to shape an international order that works for our people,

but we are not going to be able to do that by cutting off trade. that will make all of us poor. >> merci. >> thank you. we can now take a second question. >> good afternoon. i would like to ask you, the election process in the united states, there is an anti-immigrant and anti-mexican rhetoric by donald trump it i would like to ask you if you addressed this issue during your meeting and how can you bring sense the agreement you described in a positive outcome, what would happen if someone who is not in agreement has said that nafta, they would step back, what did you address?

>> would like to begin by saying we did address the issue and we discussed it. i would speak on behalf of mexico. my government will respect the election process which is a domestic process for the united states. we are getting ready to work with whom turns out to be president and the best way to strengthen the progress and agreements that have been made so far is to explain clearly and let the people feel the beauties and benefits of all the work we do. most of what we have is the outcome of our work and the

foundation and the work we have done and i believe that in the end, but we managed to achieve -- what we managed to achieve today which he just a lesson in be for the americans to define who would provide them better guarantees to move into the path towards growth and development based upon what we have managed to build in the past. >> well, i think enrique is right, whoever becomes president is going to have a deep, strong interest in having a strong relationship with mexico. it is our neighbor. our friend. one of our biggest trading andone of our biggest trading partners. i have made myself clear,

setting aside whatever the candidates are saying, that america is a nation of immigrants. that is our strength. unless you are one of the first americans, unless you are a native american, somebody somewhere in your past showed up from somewhere else. and they did not always have papers. and the genius of america has been to define ourselves not by what we look like or what our last name is or what did we -- or what faith we practice, but our adherence to believe that all people are created equal, a belief in free speech and freedom of assembly and democracy and pluralism and rule of law. and we have observed those

ideals imperfectly at times, but in each successive generation, we got a little bit better. we have come closer to our ideals. the notion that somehow we would stop now on what has been a tradition of attracting talent and strivers and dreamers from all around the world, that would rob us of the think that is no special and i don't think that will happen. now, people are generally concerned about immigration that is not orderly, people poor and

people -- pouring across borders without having gone through some sort of process. it adds to people sense that things are out of control. that is why we have invested in securing our borders and we have made unprecedented investments. part of the reason why immigration to the united states is the lowest level since the 1970's. it is why we survived the cooperation we have obtained from the mexican government. and made sure that our borders work to facilitate legal immigration and commerce, but discourages illegal immigration. it is why i am pushing very hard, and will contain to push until i leave this office, for a comprehensive immigration reform that can fix the aspects of the system that is broken.

so we remain in nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. that is ultimately where people in the united states will land. we have had times throughout history where anti-immigrant and racial sentiment is exported by demagogues. it was directed at the irish, directed at polish, italians and you can go back and read what was said about those groups and it is identical to what they are now saying about michigan's or -- mexicans, guatemalans, or muslims. same argument. you go back today, the language is identical. -- to the 1800s, the language is identical. and they kept coming.

they kept coming because amerco -- america offered possibility for their children and grand children and if they were initially discriminated against, they understood our system would over time allow them to become part of this one american family. so we should take some of the rhetoric seriously and answer it boldly and clearly but you should not think that that is representative of how the american people think. >> and now our third question from roberto renton from reuters. >> i should point out that he is secretly from canada. [laughter]

not so secretly. >> canadians are now getting an extra question. [laughter] >> thank you mr. president. given how the brexit vote should the global economy, do you feel that you need to do more to come calm the markets quickly and encourage a quick exit rather than something that is long and drawn out? do you feel that the u.k. should be at the back of the deal for a trade deal? will you make a full throated pitch for your prescription when you are out on the campaign trail stumping for secretary clinton. mr. trudeau, you seem to be quite carefully talk about mr. trump. renegotiating this or turn it -- or tearing it up why don't , come out and say that forcefully? president nieta. you compared mr. trump to hitler. how concerned are you that there

will be a wall up under border? -- on your border? [laughter] >> excellent questions roberta. [laughter] canadians are little more subtle. [laughter] i will help out my friends a little bit on the last question even though it was not directed at me and say when i visit other countries, it is not my job to comment on candidates on the middle of the race because they manned up winning -- may end up winning and relationships tend to transcend who is in power. it is a tough question. i'm not saying they should not answer but i'm going to help them out a little bit. [laughter] there is no doubt that when i got countries i've gotten -- when i visit countries, i've

gotten preferences but i barely express them. with respect to brexit, first of all, i think you have seen the market settle down a little bit over the last couple of days. i did not follow the markets today. we are monitoring very closely but there's any systemic strains on the system and so far, would -- what you have seen, reaction to the market, stock prices, currencies. the preparation that might -- that were done by central banks and finance ministers indicate the degree to which the global economy in the short run will hold steady. i think there are some genuine longer-term concerns about global growth if brexit goes through and that freeze of the possibilities of investment in great britain or in europe as a

whole. at a time when global growth rates were week already -- weak already. this does not help. when we attended g20 summit later this year i tend -- when we attend the g20 summit later this year, we all have to look at what we can do to boost global demand whether it is the united states adopting a more robust budget for infrastructure improvements, fixing water systems in point michigan -- flint, michigan or repairing airports, or rebuilding the power grid is so can take advantage of clean energy, whether did germany, a country

-- whether it's germany, a country with a surplus doing more in terms of spending or europe as a whole lifting some of the austerity constraints or china shifting to a more consumer-based, domestic-based growth strategy as opposed to exporting its way out of problems. there is a whole host of measures we can take to fortify the global coming. -- the global economy. that should be a top priority. with respect to the actual brexit negotiations, my main message to david cameron and angela merkel and others is that everybody should catch their breath, come up with a plan and a process that is orderly, transparent, that people understand, and then proceed understanding that both sides

have a stake in getting this right. and i think that will be a difficult challenge and process but it does not have to be a panicky process. i think it can be a study, -- steady process. obviously leadership issues need to be resolved in great britain for it to move as crisply. and as effectively as it needs to be. i think that is recognized. that should happen fairly quickly. i know that speaking with chancellor merkel that her interest is not enriched region, -- in retribution her interest , is in making sure the process works. i have a lot of confidence in people being able to do that and we will help in any way that we can to facilitate that.

the last part of your question, with respect to the u.k. in any trade agreement with united states, frankly, we will be the least of the problems right now because the first order of business is to address a market where they sell half the goods which is europe. these things are not easily negotiated, particularly because we have been spending our time negotiating with the european union and so to suddenly go off on another track will be challenging. there first and primary concern is going to be to try and figure out how they interact with the european union and the european market if and when they leave. i have emphasized throughout that the special relationship we

have with great written does not change. familys of affection and and language, institution and culture, business relationships, those are so deep and so long-lasting. the cooperation we have a security issues and global challenges, the so fundamental -- those are so fundamental that our relationship with u.k. fundamentally does not change. we are concerned that their absence from the european union and the potential disruptions within europe make it harder to solve some of the challenges that have to be solved. >> one of the things that is easy to forget amid the inflated rhetoric of election campaigns

is that the relationship between our countries goes far deeper three than any individual leaders, and if the three of us get along, it is not just because we are aligned in many different values and priorities, it is very much because we serve citizens who they themselves are tremendously aligned in terms of priority and hopes and dreams and in terms of desire for success. and ways to reach it. we look at the level of integration of our supply chain and markets and flow back and forth across borders, goods, people and the tremendous benefits that have come from proximity and strong relationships to individual citizens.

across this continent it is , essential that we understand regardless of electro rhetoric, rhetoric, canada, the united states and mexico will continue to have tremendously close relationships, economically, culturally, socially, historically and toward the future. as i've said many times, and i will say it again, i look forward to working with whomever the american people choose to elect as president in november. i know that we will always be able to find shared priorities and challenges that he would work together to overcome and i know that our commitment to doing what is right and best for our citizens will lead us to much more alignment than differentiation.

>> roberta, i will go straight to the point to describe the stand of my administration and my own view, i've said and i will say it again. my government will respectfully respect the domestic electoral process in the united states. i don't the guy said anything -- i don't think i have said anything different from what i'm stating once again. what i've said is that today, i believe that in this global scenario and i will use president obama, as he said, he

give us a hand to address this question. we are facing a global reality. we have a populist world, interconnected world with own challenges. what i said is that in the world we're living, in different places we have political leaders, political stakeholders who used demagoguery that want to eliminate and destroy what has been built which has taken decades to build to go back to problems of the past and yes, it is true, the benefits have not reached all people but the leadership and political actors, by using populism and demagoguery, they choose the easiest way to solve the

challenges of the world and things are not that simplistic. it is not as easy as that to lead a country, to take on a responsibility, to rule a country. it goes beyond giving the easiest answer. it is complex and difficult to lead a country. i just said it, we have reached so far the level of development, the level of well being we have that makes contrast, never -- with a situation that will lead us 30 years back, never before has a global society or the society of the least of our three countries have lived. at the level of development and

world being that we have today. never before have we had such a high life expectancy. as we have today. never before, have we had the opportunity to have access to the knowledge of the world as fast and as easy as we have today. never before were we at such a level of connection between society and the possibility of having access a product from any part of the world as we do today. that was built throughout the years by using the model based on open free-trade, trade agreements in the biggest challenge today is to make sure that those benefits reach out to every single citizen but solution proposed by some is not by destroying, to choose the road towards isolation and instruction.

what we need to do is keep up the pace towards development and when i said that, i mentioned that most of what some people say is very similar as in the past and president obama already said it years back, but in the past, some leaders address their societies in those terms. hitler and most of many -- and mussolini did that and the outcome is clear -- mussolini and outcome is clear: devastation. it turned out to be a tragedy. that was my message when i made reference. to this event. my message was about to value what we have and to be aware of the rules that we need to work. that is the benefit we are looking for. to our society.

>> the question will be from mr. philip. vasson. >> mr. trudeau, with the goals you have said, does this mean the u.s. will import more hydroelectricity? from canada? >> certainly the agreement we have included today, the values are shifted towards cleaner, renewable energy. canada has a tremendous amount of energy that comes with clean sources and we are always looking to create more. how we work together on just as -- not just as two countries but

three countries on energy solutions that give opportunities to our solutions while protecting future generations from the impact of climate change is something we are entirely agreed on. one of the things we have learned with the paris agreement and years of following different paths toward solutions is there is no single solution to our energy challenges or to the challenges posed by climate change. we need to be creative, innovative. we need to work together and that is why the inclusion of this ambitious continental energy strategy is so important and how weird going to do not -- we are going to do not just our share to combat the challenges of climate change, but to demonstrate the leadership and show that clean energy and clean growth are exactly the solution and the opportunity that we face because

of climate change. >> it is true that the agreement that we can do today is very important. it allows us to fight climate change and it is important when it comes to investing in clean energy, clean growth in our country. i know that we will have to pursue multiple different solutions when it comes to clean energy. but cooperation in the cooperation we have highlighted today will give rise to innovative solutions that are positive in the area of clean energy. i can't wait to work with the united states and with mexico in order that together we are able to face climate change challenges.

it is not just a matter of doing our fair share, it is a matter of show leadership in the world. -- showing leadership in the world. when it comes to climate change and clean energy, we have to do more than our share. we have to show that the future of the environment and the economy involves taking responsible decisions for the environment and clean energy. thank you. >> even when this question was addressed to the united states and canada, in this the lateral -- trilateral relationship, we are committed to clean energy. mexico has rebounded its legal framework so that by 2024, at

least 35% of a generation of energy is clean. this is an agreement they made in the meeting to reduce other pollutants like methane. what i would like to say is that our three countries share the same agenda in environment issues. we have agreed to protect our world and to find solutions that we are working on. >> justin, i think, got it right. we set a goal and we are correlating and synchronizing best practices -- coordinating and synchronizing best practices. there will be an energy mix that will be different that we

determined by what natural resources we have, by how well we can integrate the grid and transmission of power so there may be some wonderful hydroelectric power that we would like to give to the united states, but other enough transmission facilities press to buy it at a competitive price? as we develop wind and additionally -- energy, we have to build it for structure to get wind energy produced in south dakota down to chicago. each of us have national plans. the point is that by setting

these goals, creating these corning mechanisms, we are in a better position to take advantage of the confluence of influence and economies an idea to clean energy sector as an enormous opportunity. all are -- oil is cheap now but it is not going to be cheap, i said this before, as you buying gas guzzlers, because it is a finite resource in a becomes more and more expensive to extract and people are taking climate change more and more seriously, you're in a transition phase. in the meantime, technology is moving. solar and wind and hydro and and tyler technologies we're not thought of yet, -- entire technologies we have not thought of yet. there is a 15-year-old kid thinking about, i don't know if he is in canada or mexico or the nine states or china or saudi arabia, -- united states or china or saudi arabia, someone is going to figure that out. i want that opportunity to

accrue to our workers and their people. whoever wins this race, and our communities andwhoever wins this race, everybody else is going to follow. i believe that we have the brainpower in the architecture to lead and we have such a huge market between our three countries that we can test out a lot of these opportunities and see which work best. if you will allow me i want to , say one last thing because it has been a running thread and that is this whole issue of populism. maybe somebody can pull up in the dictionary quickly the phrase populism, but i'm not prepared to concede the notion that some of the rhetoric that is in popping up his populist. -- is populist.

when i ran in 2008, and the reason i ran again in the reason i believe this office and continue to work in some capacity in public service is because i care about people and i want to make sure every kid in america have the same opportunity that i had. i care about poor people who are working hard and don't have a chance to advance. and i care about workers being able to have a collective voice in the workplace. and get their fair share of the pie. i want to make sure that kids are getting a decent education and a working mom has childcare she can trust. i think we should have a tax system that is fair and that folks like me who have benefited

from incredible opportunities in my society should pay little bit more to make sure that some the else's kids who weren't as lucky have the same opportunities. i think there should be curbs on the excesses of our financial sector so we don't repeat the debacles of 2007 and 2008. i think there should be transparency in our systems work so we don't have people dodging taxes by setting up offshore accounts in other places and avoiding the responsibilities that their fellow citizens who don't have fancy lawyers and accountants, that they can -- can't benefit from the same tricks. i suppose that makes me populist.

somebody else who has never shown any regard for workers -- , who has never fought on social justice issues are making sure that poor kids are getting a decent shot on life or health care, or has worked against economic opportunities for workers in order people -- ordinary people, they don't suddenly become a populist because they say something controversial in order to win votes. somebody else who has never that's not the measure of populism. that's nativism or xenophobia or worse.

i would advise everybody to be careful about suddenly upributing to whoever pops at a time of economic anxiety the label that they are populist. where have they been? have they been on the front lines working on behalf of working people? have they been carrying the labor force to open up opportunities? they are people like bernie sanders who i think genuinely deserve the title because they have been working on behalf of these issues. the question is going to be, we share values, we circles, how do -- share goals, how do we achieve them? enrique is right, sometimes there are simple solutions out there but i've been president for 7.5 years and they are pretty rare. [laughter]

the global economy is one of those areas where there are not a lot of simple solutions and there aren't a lot of shortcuts to making sure that more people have opportunities. we have to educate our kids better. we have to make sure our manufacturing sector is more dynamic and competitive. that takes time. we've got to restructure our tax codes and make sure workers are getting higher pay. that takes time. we have to raise minimum wage. we have to make your college is affordable. we have to restructure and reform our financial sector so they are not reckless. we have to do so in ways that do not destroy the entire system and throw millions people suddenly out of work. when we bailed out the auto industry, that was not popular, so maybe i was not populist, but i teddy what, -- tell you what,

all those automakers, but here in the united states and canada were happy with what i did even though it had about 10% popularity at the time. even in michigan. maybe that was an elitist move my part because it did not pull well. -- it did not poll well. last time i visited an auto plant, they were happy. -- last time i visited an auto plant, they were pretty happy. let's be clear. somebody who labels us versus them or engages in rhetoric about how we're going to look after ourselves, take it to the other guy, that is not the definition a populist. sorry.

it is one of the prerogatives when you're at the end of the term. [laughter] you go on these occasional rants. >> this will conclude that has conference. thank you very much. muchas gracias. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> today, "washington journal" is next live. then a senate hearing on flood insurance premiums and the chair of the national transportation safety board on the development of driverless cars. the development of driverless cars. in 45 minutes we talked to american new suit diversity president michelle keegan about the economic and diplomatic fallout from the u.s. -- uk's brexit is vote.

proposal toublican replace the affordable care act. in the house benghazi's final report. good morning it's june 30. donald trump said the north isrican free trade agreement a catastrophe for american manufacturing jobs. he called the transpacific partnership a blow to the industry. many in the democratic party disagree. without these types of agreements we would all be poor. what do you think.