of nafta.ost of the canadian public believe that trade with the united states and mexico as a canadian country is good for our economy, and good for our neighborhood. >> ambassador mora, same question, is nafta popular in mexico? >> i think it is very popular as well. after 20 years, what we've achieved in terms of trade with canada and u.s. and more over what we have achieved in terms of really integrating at a really deep level the chain because we trade a lot with each other. we are the second largest customer of the u.s. as the ambassador was saying, and this is something which is normally taken for granted. we sell a lot to the u.s. of course. the u.s. is our largest market. many u.s. jobs depend on how much mexico buys from the u.s. many u.s. jobs are dependent on how much canada buys from the u.s. we have figured out to really is rest of the world. >> does that answer depend on where you are in the country. if i'm in a farm in central mexico that used to grow corn will a farmer tell me t

nafta looked at trade between the u.s. canada and mexico an said mor more or less let's getd of the barriers, the technica technicalities and barriers. nafta negotiated under president george h.w. bush, ratified by president clinton, how has the north america trade worked? we will look at in fact from the american point of view, and we talk less, it seems, from a worker in quÉbec, a grocery shopper in tolucca and edmonton. we'll look at that today. we'll begin with a look back at what is in the law and the memories of the chief negotiators. >>> the mammoth nafta treaty when the united states, canada and mexico opened a market when globalization was in its infancy. now today trade of $17 billion annually. out of all of the trait, the three countrie--afterall the tre companies do in the world, those against it say the treaty hurts jobs. i sat down with karla hills with her thoughts on the treaty she helped write and it's impact today. >> what did all of the partners have that the other partners thought would be useful? were

s in a great market, so is is nafta good? you bet it was. >> when you into a wall marx, a target, a similar store, much of what you shop from is made elsewhere on the planet. history teaches us you destroy their self-respect, their pride, and their dignity. >> what has occurred in the two decades since nafta took effect, is globalization. and so is we are much more interconnected as a world. jobs are moving around. as products are moving around. when i had my last year in office, i would go on the floor of a facility, and it was teaming with people. screwing in bolts here, you went on an auto factory floor and you stumbled over people. today you go on an auto factory floor, i don't care whether that factory is is in the united states, japan, or china, there's nobody there. it's done by technology. take your mind back to 1992. you probably didn't have a laptop in your briefcase. and so we didn't deal with the digital issues telecommunications issues. those are issues that we need to deal with. >> recent negotiations to cuss on

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he has not done that for wto or nafta. and he is not doing it for the us.ing al motors is court to shield it from legal liability for all conduct predating its 2009 bankruptcy. a motion filed earlier this month seeks recognition of the split from "old gm," into the post-bankruptcy "new gm." if approved, gm's request could protect it from claims over the defective ignition switch linked to at least 13 and possibly hundreds of deaths. general motors knew of the defect for over a decade but only issued a recall earlier this year. the company's request was disclosed in a federal lawsuit filed in texas over the defect. in its court motion, gm says, "just like the other 'ignition switch actions' that other plaintiffs have filed in the wake of public reports regarding the outstanding recall, this case relates to a vehicle designed, manufactured, originally sold and advertised by old gm." meanwhile, gm chief executive mary barra said the automaker will create a global organization that will focus on product safety and quality. this is barra speaking in new york ear

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. >> got no problem with doing nafta type deal s with the canadians and working with them they are theest friends we've got in the world them and the brits but idea of merging the u.s. with its own history and everything else seems to go against -- [ overlapping voices ] >> canada wants our military protection. >> they already have it because they are an ally if anybodythreatens canada. >> she is talking about russian intrusion. chinese in the north [ overlapping voices ] >> they have already got the u.s. protection. i agree with everything pat said except the park about kith and kin that will be more diverse fied everywhere that is the trend of the future. not necessarily splitting off separate ethnicities. it may be tumultuous along the way. i think it is a wonderful sort of experiment you have done but i think that is all it is because there really are no significant barriers to u.s. investment in canada, if we were to merge which would the -- which brand would survive, it would be the u.s. the canadians are not going to give up all their unique culture that would be like facebook p

in january nafta turned two decades old and just last month the korea turned two years old and these universities have signed what the administration has to be an inconvenient spotlight on the record of these deals and just how far the results are from the promises that were made as you as you showed i mean as you spoke about you know the nafta deficit has ballooned five hundred fifty percent since one thousand nine hundred three since it was first passed and in the korea deal you know these these deals were probably the promises made about these deals with so that we would increase exports decrease the deficits and thus boost jobs in the we've actually seen exports fall just just exports alone this isn't just that imports will surpass exports and that's the deficit grew exports alone fell in the korea directly contradicting the promise of more exports more jobs and so you have this really it was actually about eleven percent fall in exports of four percent increase or seven percent increase in our deficit with korea under the first two years of that deal which means just in the firs

. >> i shall go with nafta what appears to tell me if i push myself to the limb that i can do it.i studied and everything. now i really get the concept. >> as had and continues to have our work cut out for her. she is not trying to do it alone. >> that is a very big. >> of their achievement goals are. with the need to have. she hammer away at the importance of taking the next that and being prepared for about the time comes. her students of the message. >> my teacher is the best it could teacher you could ever have. it is almost humbling thing to hear that a student said i'm the best. >> i tried to consummate get better and grow stronger for them and get them to get better and grow stronger. >> i am very pleased to present to this check for $1,000. >> a momento of this occasion. congratulations thank you. >> [applause] >> if you are a student and have a favorite teacher go to the web site and nominate your favorite teacher. >> tom skilling hedger forecast. .rist >> we were just talking about spring temperatures taking their sweet time. collins is a little sluggish. we have some ev

nafta looks at the trade between with the u.s. and canada, and said let's get rid of the barriers.

have doubled since nafta went into force in 1994.uced by economic forces beyond his control to find extreme measures to feed his family. not suggesting poor people should be forgiven for committing crime because they're poor, even though rich people on wall street are routinely forgiven for crimes that hurt millions, but i digress. a core question here is in what circumstances are some crimes understandable? who among us would not do whatever it took to feed our family in a time of extreme economic distress? who cannot understand the urge to cross the border in order to work and thus save your family, and contribute to the economy of your new nation. in the heart of many immigrants is a love of family and a love of this country, and those are the sort of people i want as part of my america. okay, that does it for "the cycle." "now with alex wagner" starts now. >>> a new prosecutor joins the hunt. the interview memoranda are out. >>> and the troubles for camp christie could go well beyond traffic problems. it's monday, april 14th, and

woulds say the tpp further entrench the failures of nafta, the north american free trade agreement, which went into effect 20 years ago, and cause mass displacement in mexico. protest against the tpp intensified ahead of obama's a visit with several march is in the streets of tokyo. to see our coverage of the tpp as well as our coverage of the broadcast from japan -- you can .o to democracynow.org mississippi governor phil bryant has signed into law a measure banning abortion at 20 weeks, with no exception for rape in. the bill takes effect 20 weeks after a woman's last scheduled period, two weeks earlier than the 20 we dance cap and other states. a law with a similar cut off in arizona has been permanently blocked by court heard georgia governor nathan deal and that in a measure that allows for a massive expansion of guns in public spaces. under the new law, legal owners will have an easier time bringing guns into bars, churches, government buildings, and schools. >> the second amendment should never be an afterthought. it should reside at the weefront of our minds as craft, pass, & laws

twenty eight thousand cards to the u s a p so different like twenty thousand mexico's membership in nafta and relatively cheaper labor force are its main advantage is a couple of months ago analysts predicted in two thousand fifty mexico high cloud based canada as well become the largest exporter of cars to the us the eye. and. and. name the were. it is too close to india is to meet the income and tess of the country. im a nice touch and this is due next tuesday. you evil to bring calm to peek in and about is one such outfit muhammad died john and me which one to jump to different religions dollars units in nineteen ninety two today it is a must as a buffet example of a new comedy and travel. its success can be added into harmony among one platform to jump into physics. that is the fact that the nine be considered to have this effect. they need to calm down. with the behemoth get compliments of you who has been the one to move my body didn't. so you keep that they would beat the autumnal mood or not. is it that you didn't miss it. then i watched yemen is the updated on toy is a new da hui

set the debt aside for a second without looking at it we can go to the commercial contract between nafta gas and gazprom that was defaulted on so you have people jumping up and down about you know a one hundred percent or two hundred percent or three hundred whatever the increase is it's because they defaulted on a payment this is a commercial agreement between two independent counter parties so whatever gazprom feels is the penalty for a default then that's what the penalty should be and they could charge whatever they want as far as the united states using liquefied natural gas with no. support to send it out of or a port to accept it that's twenty years off in the future that's a pipe dream fracking doesn't work but we could discuss that as a as you know a different point but i also think we're talking about democracy which i think andrew brought up a bit and technocratic governments i mean they had a referendum in crimea and that should be respected i mean the u.k. has been looking for a referendum on and eat out. in the u.k. in out for europe for the past thirty years and the politi

is this like a nafta for asia ?something like that, but if you use those words, a lot of people will be up in arms. many tough negotiating -- tough issues have to be negotiated. in china, intellectual property will not be protective. services will not be part of the trade. it is very important. >> thank you very much, jamie metzl. planning your wedding? we will show you how to save postage next. ♪ >> this is "taking stock" on bloomberg. i'm pimm fox. i want to go to my radio cohost, carol massar. >> yum! brands out with it latest quarterly results. the owner of ksc -- kfc and taco $.87 a share. the company also said it sees adjusted earnings growth of 20% this year. yum! brands plans to open at least 700 new restaurants in china in 2014. in the meantime, mcdonald's posted falling sales and first quarter estimates that trailed estimates. -- first-quarter sales that trailed estimates. projected to be modestly positive in april. net income was $631 million. you.over to >> i thought you try to that breakfast burrito fro

for nafta see come and do deed didn't it. >> : warriors after nestle break close at denver tomorrow nighthols and always has his kids are on. i give him credit average chinese see him as another youngster did and still taking care of business at home. pam who are you looking at good grief. a get to that moment. nasa's begins tomorrow. a little the three contests. big deal are all polymer jack nicklaus and gary r. player and mr. nicholas makes a birdie and gives the ball to his granddaughter. who was his caddy today. that is pretty cool. i hate you know when people because of their old man that somebody will always make fun of me and the ability just to love. she said more news ahead tonight not making a great when it comes to certain female announcer: get three years interest-free financing on brand name mattress sets. plus, get free delivery, and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. sleep train's interest free for 3 event is on now. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ port says money bay area's schools are not doing a great job of educating certain students. would digging dee

pass the tax increase the nafta bill and i the time the stage was clear for health care the bill was defeated you did not even get one bill passed out of committee. for 15 more years it had become so onerous that is what i called up passage of the affordable care act this is the framework for the next 50 years. >> host: did might be fair to say the most interesting part of the book is you were there at the revolution and in addition to the run up the good portion of the book to that again chapter eight to 3-d rest of that but your own observations and insight of someone who was there and do specifically talk about the complex interplay between policy politics and interest groups. if you would elaborate on that and focus with malpractice? that is one of the more easy ones. [laughter] >> it does illustrate not nearly as simple as people play it out to be. >> getting malpractice reform was a reasonable chance. first of all, we should be modest with the expectation and going in that day is regulated at the state level not federal level. so putting malpractice reform in federal legislatio

really regard drop be dry after that period was a cloudy skies afterwards the chance of rain where nafta showers may merely altered form morning. will be clear and afternoon and warmer as we had in the weekend. you see the rain here offshore. then start to push for the north after midnight. is he gets spotty showers no organization to this pre is to be very very light. again spotty showers continue through the morning hours by 5:00 since the reign over sentences got down the center now. also edging through livermore. to the later morning hours during the morning commute the showers are moving to ease couple isolated showers near the coastlines and san francisco. i love o'clock hour allotted isolated shower activity. as a in the afternoon drier conditions and temperatures will be very similar to what was up to a morning and afternoon. out the door to our morning a lot forays across the board of 40 as though for an invalid. as we head into the afternoon will see a lot of upper 60s up there in the south bay cree 66 in seville los gatos 65 that for on view. the state in the nl is guilty mid-

norway stuff so have both signed deals with ross nafta toughens the russian and french major toto a fifth of a huge project in the north of russia now talking of franco russian relations french diplomats and business leaders have come out with support for strong economic relations with russia. the strategic. russia reserve the strategic value you will see that when we should be seated you think you're going to see we didn't speak about finance we can speak about sanctions if you're to see these as and when we have to restrict i would see some countries really don't speak. we don't see good old nazis that's why we are right unfortunately the only person there are sanctions we don't support you treat. no nonsense and despite the us being the most vocal about him forcing sanctions against russia the biggest us oil company exxon mobil has the largest geographical presence which stretches right across the country and has done so for twenty years but today sell it in focus demonstrating that these global energy contracts are not being hosted by international politics international oil expert an

because of nafta and trade talks are underway.y, mexico is struggling with its own internal debate over food label which is warn about sugar and was one of the highest obesity rates right up there with the u.s., mexico's new rules about sugar intake have been criticized as actually encouraging it. that's your latin america report. mark? >> su keenan joining us. thank you. coming up, new technology that takes selfies to a whole new level. "hot shots" is next. ♪ >> welcome back. this is "bottom line" on bloomberg television. streaming on your tablet, your phone and bloomberg.com. startup entrepreneur chris robinson never built a boat before and admits a tsunami is unlikely to hit his home in silicon valley but spent the past two years building a 22-foot long, eight-foot high, 0-foot wide tidal wave proof pod made of plywood and epoxy in his back yard. we went to palo alto to check out his progress. >> when i started, i just, you know, bought 20 sheets of plywood and started cutting. i don't know how to build a boat and was a good de

. >> is this like a nafta for asia?something like that, but if you use those words, a lot of people will be up in arms. many tough issues have to be negotiated. the big issue lurking in the background is china. if they are allowed to set trade rules, they will be at a lower level. intellectual property will not be protective. services will not be part of the trade. it is very important. >> thank you very much, jamie metzl. planning your wedding? we will show you how to save postage next. ♪ >> this is "taking stock" on bloomberg. i'm pimm fox. i want to go to my radio cohost, carol massar. >> yum! brands out with it latest quarterly results. the owner of kfc and taco bell reporting $.87 a share. the company also said it sees adjusted earnings growth of 20% this year. yum! brands plans to open at least 700 new restaurants in china in 2014. in the meantime, mcdonald's posted falling sales and first-quarter sales that trailed estimates. sales are projected to be modestly positive in april. first-quarter net income was $631

nafta passing $500 billion worth of trade. a 444% increase. german this growth. -- tremendous growth. growingon growth, dramatically along the border. crime has dropped dramatically. it goes on and on. this is tremendous for the border. all these things going forward. frome we get away [inaudible] leading to, where is it taking us as north america,. just america, canada, mexico, and the u.s.. .easurements i can go on for hours but i will not. looking at the border through the appropriate lenses. we hear the horror stories i have heard some money times. stories about 20 years old. it is the same one. stories thatlized make the national news. how can we capture the national environment of the border? what is the true national environment? i will close out with we are country of laws and we need to continue to be that. the only thing i would add is comprehensive immigration reform. i wish we could go back and titled this comprehensive border security. that is what it is. thank you. >> we will be able to get in two or three more. i will do a light

. >> jimmy: nafta. >> bringing stuff from mexico here.including americans. >> jimmy: they are, really? >> your's last in line, everything medically, go to the last in line. they don't like us there. >> jimmy: i had no idea. >> don't trust us. don't like us. the alamo. that thing. that didn't go down so well. i tried to bring, a plastic plant, six months it was in customs you. can't bring plants to mexico. i keep getting, it's plastic. then there is a long pause. you still can't bring plants to mexico. and i said unless it has plastic insects on it i can't see any reason why. it is six months later. even with my mexican driver's license. it didn't help. >> jimmy: we were able to get guillermo over here, no problem, right. >> yeah, no problem. [ applause ] >> jimmy: season finale this friday. have you found that a lot of the, people that watch the show are also home improvement fans? >> yeah, what's curious. 8:00 friday. have to keep saying that. abc makes me say this. if you don't like the show you should at least see it. because i figure

to point to nafta in particular to of the jobs didn't go mexico. they went to other parts of the world where we don't have agreements so it's a question of whether or endorse a somewhat protectionist totally where to put reements require an onus on other kreufz to or ate her labor standards embrace the doctrine of free trade but willing to live with be consequences which might . gher unemployment you're on. caller: you touched on this at the beginning. nature of the new jobs being created. $23 an hour.e i took a job during the holiday $8 an hour and now got a semi permanent job for $9.50. lot of people in this country are in the same boat for me. at less than half the wages we used to be working nd can't make ends meet and we're just compiling debt upon debt upon debt. $60,000 in debt and all struggling to make ends meet. focus on the new jobs being created, i think most for are less ing than half of what we used to work. and i'll get off the phone and make a nice comment on this. >> what kind of business were you in before and what are you doing n

in maine we lost 40% of the manufacturing base alone since nafta went into effect.n it with my fellow workers in the mill. that's why i'm interested in making sure whatever trade deal is done, that it's fair for american workers back in the united states. >> mike, congressman from maine, good to have you with us. >> great to this be with you, ed. >> how right wing radio hosts are poisoning race dialogue in america. and later, florida's beer war? yeah, there is. how big business donors are pitting small business breweries against corporate giants. is that fair? up next i'm taking your questions. ask ed live. some things you have to squeeze to make sure they're soft. other things, you don't. [ female announcer ] charmin ultra soft is so soft you can actually see the softness with our comfort cushions. plus you can use up to four times less. enjoy the go with charmin ultra soft. to build something smarter. ♪ some come here to build something stronger. others come to build something faster... something safer... something greener. something the whole world can share. peo

others who say it will cause large-scale poverty and displacement like what happened in mexico under nafta. obama said a deal could still be reached if japan further opens its economy to u.s. products. obama continues his asia tour in south korea today. israel has suspended u.s.-backed these talks with the palestinians following a unity pact between the palestinian authority and hamas. israeli officials say the only resume negotiations if the pa abandons the deal with hamas. the marshall islands is suing the united states and eight other countries accusing them of failing to meet commitments for nuclear disarmament. in an unprecedented legal action rocket for the international court of justice at the hague, the tiny pacific island nation is accusing the nine countries of flagrant violations of international law, saying they're upgrading their nuclear arsenals instead of working to reduce them. the marshall islands chain, which includes the bikini atoll, was the subject of 67 nuclear test in the 1940's and 1950's, which have less -- left lasting health and environmental impacts. a federal j

it's nafta on steroids. and ship more jobs offshore.it's really for so to put into place all of these other corporate proposals that basically have failed in congress. why he would raise medicine prices for the companies that try to make sure he didn't get reelectriced, no one can figure out. president obama addressed the issue of market access. take a listen to this. >> i've been very clear and honest that american manufacturers and farmers need to have meaningful access to markets that are included under tpp, including here in japan. that's what will make it a good deal for america, for our workers and our consumers and our families. that's my bottom line. and i can't accept anything less. >> your response to that. will he stand by his bottom sflien. >> well, the good news for everybody is that they didn't cut a dpeel right now between the president and the prime minister of japan. and given that this was supposed to be one of those make or break moments because they had to make a deal, you would figure it's about time for them to bur

education bill done, before that bill clinton worked with republicans to pass the free-trade agreement, naftand before that, you had to go neil working with reagan to pass legislation. and you are just not seeing that anymore. you talk -- you asked about the president's influence. the presidents in those cases made a special effort to have those relationships with the congress and vice versa. for some reason, that hasn't stopped. when you have to sit next to someone in the white house or on capitol hill, look them in the eye and talk about an issue, you feel it more. and if you have a difference, it's going to be a true difference before you take a speech before the tv cameras. that is different than looking at someone in the eye who sincerely comes to you to try to work out some agreement. it sets the table for something to actually get done at the end of the day versus each one individually racing out to the podium to make a speech that is going to look good on television. >> president obama does not, it's fair to say, have good relations with members of congress, including democratic membe

. >> this goes back to nafta. >> heidi, what is the number one complaint you hear from your listeners care act? >> two of them. one of them is having their hours cut because of obamacare restrictions because their companies can't afford to give them insurance. another one is when they finally are able to access it it costs far more than they thought it was going to cost or they can't get the doctors they thought they could get. >> do you have any responsibilities to 49 months of private sector job growth when obamacare was supposed to be a job killer? >> you know what? all i can tell you i hang out with the real people, not the people on capitol hill. everybody i know is nowhere near where they were even three years ago financially. that's just my world. >> well, we do know that nevada has an unusually high unemployment rate because of the tourism industry. >> yeah, thanks, harry reid. >> which is the backbone of las vegas. >> oh, yeah. harry reid, baby. he's been great for us. >> isn't that the truth? >> tourism, sure. but people spend money on slot machines before they'll get dental

they had the nafta bill. by the time all the rest of the states was cleared for health care, opposition had gamed and had defeated the bill. didn't get one bill passed another of committee. healthcare reform is dead for 15 years until 2008, and the system just had become so onerous, we needed reform and i call it the world's historical act. it did take 100 years and this will be the framework for the next 20, 30, 40, 50 years. >> host: well, i think that it might be fair to say the most interesting part of the book is the fact that you there at the revolution. this is what zeke saw at the resolution. when you do a good portion of the book to that and it's very good foundation. the part -- i show this to people and they go, where is the zek can e part and it's chapters -- you talk about your own observations and insights as someone who really was there, and you specifically talk about, i'm quoting here, the complex interplay between policy, politics, and interest groups. and if you would elaborate on that. may

nafta we saw it with that. we saw it with the big trade agreements and oftentimes at the front end you see workers' wages go down, people lose jobs. that has had the impact of increasing wages in some countries and helping create that measure that has brought some jobs back in the united states, created other opportunities. i think for your average american consumer, maybe not much of an impact if you are a business owner, this could be a huge deal, though. >> very true. it's always great having you. thank you for being with us at always. >>> up next, introducing the real stephen colbert and thankfully that guy is funny, too. [ male announcer ] this is kevin. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my knee started to hurt again. and now i've got to take more pills. ♪ yup. another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? ♪ for my pain, i want my alev

ist we are dealing with clinton and the democrats when they passed nafta they shipped jobs overseas.at was 20 years ago. the press is so dishonest. they won't tell the truth. goes, towhen money general motors it goes to overseas. years ago you could get five jobs any morning if you are willing to work. i think this whole thing is a smokescreen. the problem is the government. i will wait for your,. guest: as far as nafta and trade, it was past under president clinton but it had bipartisan support. tend tode agreements have bipartisan support. wasbush administrative a very active in pursuing them. by opening the country up to havingithout restrictions or conditions on the kind of labor conditions that are going to be faced by workers overseas, we are pitting our workers against basically people who you can't compete against because they will work for less money and more hours and under harsher conditions. all the jobs did not go to mexico. a lot of them want to asia. some want to other parts of the world where we don't necessarily have trade agreements. it is a question of whether or n

nafta passing $500 billion worth of trade. 44% increase, i think. tremendous growth. >> wouldn't be supporting that kind of growth? population growth along the border? 2 of the largest cities in the united states -- [indiscernible] it goes on and on. it is tremendous for the border. all of these things going forward. i urge get a way from the stats and data. it is the environment of the data. what is it supporting? what is a leading to? where is it taking us as a north america? states, but united canada and mexico. you know i can go on for hours, but i will not. looking at the border. we all hear the horror stories. , thee heard so many times story is about 20 years old. the same one. there are localized stories. the nationalture environment of the border? what does a true natural environment look like? i will close out with a legislative rule of law. we are a country of laws and we should be. the only thing i will add is comprehensive is immigration reform. if i had to do it all over again, i wish we could go back. that is exactly what it is. natio

upper 70's for nafta. 80 degrees for people in the napa valley.will have your extended forecasts and talk about tomorrows whether and the cold on wednesday through friday. >> we are not tracking any hot spots. we're not seen much in the web delays. the bridges, westbound bay bridge ride is smooth with light traffic. even for this hour it is light with no problems looking at the 92 ride, the san mateo bridge is equally good and 11 minute drive time to foster city. your ride to a highway 5 it was all over to marin county via the richmond san rafael bridge is a simple trick with no delays. 11 minutes commute time for the shore freeway no delays for the south bay, one all one is looking good. i'll slide the map to show you were installed has been reported westbound at foothill. there may be a slight delay but not much. the more ran right is still under 25 minutes down to the golden gate bridge. >> ukraine's prime minister says there russia will use any excuse to cross the border. this comes as armed gunmen have not taken over a government building and

we had nafta and lost hundreds of thousands of jobs because of it.acturing jobs are down 4 million, 5 million since nafta was passed. then we have the world trade organization letting china in. from 2000 on, our manufacturing sector just tanked. literally we lost $5 5 million jobs, and most of that went to china. u.s. manufacturers moving their operations or companies like walmart importing back to the united states from china. so these trade deals -- it is sort of the definition of insanity. if you keep doing the same thing, you will keep getting the same result, and when you have a half trillion dollar trade deficit, that is the single most important thing we can do to restore the american economy is to balance our trade and get to a position where we are producing for our own market and exporting to the rest of the world in balance with what comes into the united states. host: as we are talking about job creation in the united states, we have a special line in this segment for and about the next voice i've met or so for the "washington journal," f