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nafta was a failure and no more jobs killing trade deals. we were joined by a member of the leadership in the house on the democrat side and he talked about his experience with nafta. here's a bit of what he had to say, regretting his support for nafta. [video clip] >> i would say that on the whole that im disappointed with what nafta has brought. we were told that it would help jobs in the country and it came nowhere near close.we have a scene of lot of dissolved businesses. we have seen a lot of american workers in manufacturing businesses leave and go to mexico. i have a number of relatives in mexico who believe that nafta didn't benefit mexicans as they were told it would. we still have a lot of low skill, low-wage workers in mexico as well. there has certainly been a lot more commerce no doubt. the results of that commerce have not gone down the folks like we thought we go. host: a vote that you would regret? >> i do. i wish i demanded more. so's of us who won the fight for american jobs, we would have signed agreements. a signed agreem
nafta was a failure and no more jobs killing trade deals. we were joined by a member of the leadership in the house on the democrat side and he talked about his experience with nafta. here's a bit of what he had to say, regretting his support for nafta. [video clip] >> i would say that on the whole that im disappointed with what nafta has brought. we were told that it would help jobs in the country and it came nowhere near close.we have a scene of lot of dissolved businesses. we have seen...
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much on agreements like nafta. the combined economic out put of canada mexico and the united states is $23 trillion thanks to the elimination of trade barriers. i wonder if you are fighting the globalisation. >> it's a good question. it's important to separate globalisation from the rules of trade. you hit on an important point. i don't. i don't think most of the tritics went to stop trade and realised globalisation is inevitable. the question for me and other skeptics is what are the rules who will benefit. when you look at the income of workers and the state of the manufacturing sector, and the united states trade performance and tef sits that signals there's a problem to address, that nafta didn't get to and the pp has not got to. >> something you talk subsection the policy around currency manipulation where they lower the value of currency. you say this is not addressed in the counter round of negotiations about t perform p. >> that's right, it's not addressed at all. and the challenge is that japan and malaysi
much on agreements like nafta. the combined economic out put of canada mexico and the united states is $23 trillion thanks to the elimination of trade barriers. i wonder if you are fighting the globalisation. >> it's a good question. it's important to separate globalisation from the rules of trade. you hit on an important point. i don't. i don't think most of the tritics went to stop trade and realised globalisation is inevitable. the question for me and other skeptics is what are the...
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is this a chance to renegotiate nafta? sen. brown: that is what they say, but they are not really renegotiating nafta. in fact, some of the country of origin rules may be worse than they were. we don't know that for sure because the trade rep will not talk to us about those things. the synchronous -- secret andness of this trade agreement is astounding. again, the reason this is the past, the bill was only introduce on thursday. there were not going to do a hearing. that was tuesday. the bill was voted on. this affects more than 50% of the world's gdp. to move that quickly says that the public light shines on these trade agreements, the more people know about it, the less they are popular. someone said you can never pass a treat agreement -- trade agreement and and even the numbered year. you can bet, republican leaders in the senate and the house, and the president want to see this trade agreement passed in 2015 because they know it would be much harder to pass when senators and house members are faced with a vote at the polls
is this a chance to renegotiate nafta? sen. brown: that is what they say, but they are not really renegotiating nafta. in fact, some of the country of origin rules may be worse than they were. we don't know that for sure because the trade rep will not talk to us about those things. the synchronous -- secret andness of this trade agreement is astounding. again, the reason this is the past, the bill was only introduce on thursday. there were not going to do a hearing. that was tuesday. the bill...
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was nafta a good deal? >> i think nafta did a couple of things that were important. it integrated the north american economy. mexico and canada are important trading partners. >> right. >> we sell a lot of stuff to them. they sell a lot of stuff to us. the problem with nafta that i identified when i was running for senate long before i was in the oval office was the labor agreements and the environmental agreements were in a side letter. they weren't enforcible the same way that the business provisions were in the document and you could actually penalize somebody if they violated them. that's fixed in the trade deal that we're looking at here. here's the larger point that i want to make a point. the american people are right to be concerned with growing inequality. american workers write that they haven't seen their wages go up in a couple of decades even though the economy has grown significantly, and so i understand the anxieties that people feel, and some of that has to do with globalization. a lot more of it actually has to do with automation and just shifts in t
was nafta a good deal? >> i think nafta did a couple of things that were important. it integrated the north american economy. mexico and canada are important trading partners. >> right. >> we sell a lot of stuff to them. they sell a lot of stuff to us. the problem with nafta that i identified when i was running for senate long before i was in the oval office was the labor agreements and the environmental agreements were in a side letter. they weren't enforcible the same way...
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. >> let's listen to what president obama said about nafta tonight because nafta is the thing that democraticold up against this deal. let's listen to what he said about it. >> i think that nafta did a couple of things that were important. it integrated the north american economy, mexico and canada are important trading partners. we sell a lot of stuff to them, they sell a lot of stuff to us. the problem with nafta that i identified when i was running for senate, long before i was in the oval office, was the labor agreements and the environmental agreements were in a side letter. they weren't enforceable the same way that the business provisions were in the documents and you could actually personalize somebody if they violated them. that's fixed in this trade deal we're looking at here. >> howard dean, the nafta controversy just bedevils this congress. and president obama, when he says he identified problems with nafta when he was running for senate, when he was running for president, he and hillary clinton both said this, if they were re-elected, they would reopen nafta. 90 days after the pr
. >> let's listen to what president obama said about nafta tonight because nafta is the thing that democraticold up against this deal. let's listen to what he said about it. >> i think that nafta did a couple of things that were important. it integrated the north american economy, mexico and canada are important trading partners. we sell a lot of stuff to them, they sell a lot of stuff to us. the problem with nafta that i identified when i was running for senate, long before i was...
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was nafta a good deal? >> i think nafta did a couple of things that were important.ntegrated the north american economy. mexico and canada are important trading partners. >> right. >> we sell a lot of stuff to them. they sell a lot of stuff to us. the problem with nafta that i identified when i was running for senate long before i was in the oval office was the labor agreements and the environmental agreements were in a side letter. they weren't enforcible the same way that the business provisions were in the document and you could actually penalize somebody if they violated them. that's fixed in the trade deal q0
was nafta a good deal? >> i think nafta did a couple of things that were important.ntegrated the north american economy. mexico and canada are important trading partners. >> right. >> we sell a lot of stuff to them. they sell a lot of stuff to us. the problem with nafta that i identified when i was running for senate long before i was in the oval office was the labor agreements and the environmental agreements were in a side letter. they weren't enforcible the same way that...
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a recent case like this under nafta, sierra club has a great exposÉ on it.e actual one of the tribunal list -- tribunalists says, if we keep doing things like this them after break with the rest of you. if we keep doing this, this will kill all of our environment laws. that is what the tribunalist says. alan grayson, do you have to rely on with weeks to get what is in the tpp agreement? >> one of the sad and disturbing elements of this whole process has been the artificial secrecy that is been opposed by the administration and by the trade representative by these dealings. i can't think of any other occasion when i served in congress, without sunni elements of deception so large. the public is better informed to the iraqi attacks on isis, which you think would be classified, then it is informed on the trade deal that is going to determine our economic future for the next 20 years. right at the beginning, the trade representative took the absurd position that everything that was being negotiated classified even know it was directly in the hands of the foreign
a recent case like this under nafta, sierra club has a great exposÉ on it.e actual one of the tribunal list -- tribunalists says, if we keep doing things like this them after break with the rest of you. if we keep doing this, this will kill all of our environment laws. that is what the tribunalist says. alan grayson, do you have to rely on with weeks to get what is in the tpp agreement? >> one of the sad and disturbing elements of this whole process has been the artificial secrecy that...
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the reason we do is because of nafta.s perot said that giant sucking sound, and it did. it decimated to a large degree the middle class, and that's the problem here because now we're watching unemployment drop wages stagnate and we're finding out the middle class is shrinking. why did that happen and to a large degree it was nafta? that is not lost on those members. >> do you think that a lot of the apprehension among some democrats on this trade bill is because nafta didn't work and because they feel that any trade bill could lead to the same thing even though the president has gone out of his way to say this is not nafta. >> yes. >> and he was just getting out of law school when nafta happened? >> the north american trade agreement, that's what nafta stands for but we have to remember that many people in the democratic party like you said reverend al, are saying that it didn't work and it's disenfranchised a lot of the middle class in the country. two things with the fight with elizabeth warren and president obama, one
the reason we do is because of nafta.s perot said that giant sucking sound, and it did. it decimated to a large degree the middle class, and that's the problem here because now we're watching unemployment drop wages stagnate and we're finding out the middle class is shrinking. why did that happen and to a large degree it was nafta? that is not lost on those members. >> do you think that a lot of the apprehension among some democrats on this trade bill is because nafta didn't work and...
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you had a caller who talked about nafta and blamed dingell and carl levin and people for nafta here itas amazing that every single person she named was summoned who voted against nafta. carl levin's son is leading the charge against fast tracking. the viewers should understand very clearly, as far as congress goes, again, it is a republican push to do this. host: ok, appreciate your time. guest: a few quick point spear it we do have a manufacturing trade surplus with our nafta partners. we have a report we put out on the nam website, trading up with tpa, and it has some of that data. take a look, because that is true and we do not have that to begin with. on china we do not have a free-trade agreement with china. china joined the world trade organization in 2001. the united states did not change one tariffs with respect to china, did not agree to any other provision that we had not already. what happened when china joined was they decreased their tariffs substantially. they agreed to provide better, although still not adequate, protection for intellectual property and innovation. and t
you had a caller who talked about nafta and blamed dingell and carl levin and people for nafta here itas amazing that every single person she named was summoned who voted against nafta. carl levin's son is leading the charge against fast tracking. the viewers should understand very clearly, as far as congress goes, again, it is a republican push to do this. host: ok, appreciate your time. guest: a few quick point spear it we do have a manufacturing trade surplus with our nafta partners. we have...
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combine that with nafta the clintons nafta. obama is different.e is working with others to hammer down the details. i trust him. i think he knows what he is doing. i think this will be good for american workers. he will not do anything to hurt americans. i firmly believe that. i'm 75 years old, i have watched politics for years. it will work. host: let me ask you, if you're still there, a lot of people have brought up in parallel with nafta, what makes right now different? are you still there? we will move on to marlene in new jersey who opposes the legislation. caller: hello? host: you are on "washington journal." caller: good morning. listen, i am 71 years old, and contrary to what the 75-year-old said, i consider the united states now a fascist nation. the reason i say that is because fascism is when the government and big business are in bed together. in the 1950's, corporations paid 32% of federal taxes. today, they pay less than 10%. that means, guys, we making up the difference. on the second point with this free-trade, the american people
combine that with nafta the clintons nafta. obama is different.e is working with others to hammer down the details. i trust him. i think he knows what he is doing. i think this will be good for american workers. he will not do anything to hurt americans. i firmly believe that. i'm 75 years old, i have watched politics for years. it will work. host: let me ask you, if you're still there, a lot of people have brought up in parallel with nafta, what makes right now different? are you still there?...
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we're not going to do it certainly back to nafta.u listen to that argument all the way through, and most people who are not protectionists, that would mean we would still be buying 1957 fords, or chevys, which are actually pretty good. but you'd be getting planned obsolescence. i don't can't put out a junker anymore. toyota has changed the standard. cars must last almost forever. and they do. and our cars are fords our chevys, our gm cars, our chryslers, they're really good cars today because of international competition. you can't tell a worker in ohio here is my speech, he can't buy a foreign car. they know if you can't buy a foreign car you, can't buy a good american car. >> nobody is saying you can't buy a foreign car. >> i've been through this. the labor unions in the '70s were trying to stop all trade. >> look at -- >> a big free trader -- >> protectionists. >> but it's not just protectionists who have raised real problems with this bill. >> i know that. should we listen to pure protectionists in this argument? >> how about lis
we're not going to do it certainly back to nafta.u listen to that argument all the way through, and most people who are not protectionists, that would mean we would still be buying 1957 fords, or chevys, which are actually pretty good. but you'd be getting planned obsolescence. i don't can't put out a junker anymore. toyota has changed the standard. cars must last almost forever. and they do. and our cars are fords our chevys, our gm cars, our chryslers, they're really good cars today because...
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his point of view seems to be that this is not nafta. playing field leveling without getting undercut by low wages -- he would assert that all of those are better. i just don't see it that way, and we have a basic difference of opinion. john: let me shift the politics. hillary clinton running for president. why have you not endorsed or? senator casey: i think it is early. he will be learning about that rather shortly. i think she is running a very good campaign. i think the issues she is addressing, especially the wage issue that she has been focused on that, whether it is wages or growing the middle class. i also think her approach in the campaign talking to people in smaller settings and actually doing something that some of us candidates don't do enough of which is listen, it's a very effective way to talk to people, instead of just having the usual campaign metrics or activities. i think she is running a strong campaign. i think she is going to be the nominee of our party, and i think she will be elected. mark: soon is now. you are a
his point of view seems to be that this is not nafta. playing field leveling without getting undercut by low wages -- he would assert that all of those are better. i just don't see it that way, and we have a basic difference of opinion. john: let me shift the politics. hillary clinton running for president. why have you not endorsed or? senator casey: i think it is early. he will be learning about that rather shortly. i think she is running a very good campaign. i think the issues she is...
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we had 112 when you voted against nafta. explain why it exploded the number of jobs if it has been a job killer. >> talk about wages. we've had jobs that we've lost have been replaced by generally low wage jobs. there are people in this country that haven't had a raise more or less for a decade. and what has happened look at cities in the midwest. the industrial midwest and all over the country. cities of 30 and 50,000 that have in a sense been hollowed out. lost union jobs in many cases, declining wages. and in a shrinking middle class. >> how do you explain the growth of the sill colon valley? the groet all along the highway in this area. the huge development high-tech industry. there are areas where jobs have exploded and they're very, very well paying. so where did that come from if not from trade? >> well some of it comes from trade. i'm saying i want more trade. i just want it under rules that don't encourage company to shut down production in toledo and pittsburgh and move it to mexico city or beijing and sell product
we had 112 when you voted against nafta. explain why it exploded the number of jobs if it has been a job killer. >> talk about wages. we've had jobs that we've lost have been replaced by generally low wage jobs. there are people in this country that haven't had a raise more or less for a decade. and what has happened look at cities in the midwest. the industrial midwest and all over the country. cities of 30 and 50,000 that have in a sense been hollowed out. lost union jobs in many cases,...
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i did an article several years back on nafta, 10 years after where i researched it and nafta actuallyurt mexico and central america terribly. with their macadamia farmers and all of that destroyed their markets. if you look at the people who are behind these trade organizations, fto, wto, all these groups, it is the same group of people in each one of these organizations and we don't even know who they are. they're are controlling the whole world's economy. if you look at the quality of the items coming into this country, it is absolutely terrible. pure junk. before we had all these trade agreements, you have good quality stuff, a competitive market, and now all we have this walmart and the quality is extremely poor. we have lost all these other competitive is mrs. because they are not -- businesses because they are not linked to rings made in the country -- in this country where trade agreements are. all these trade agreements have done is made it to where they can profit more often low-quality goods and take advantage of low pay and no environmental laws. it has been a total loss no
i did an article several years back on nafta, 10 years after where i researched it and nafta actuallyurt mexico and central america terribly. with their macadamia farmers and all of that destroyed their markets. if you look at the people who are behind these trade organizations, fto, wto, all these groups, it is the same group of people in each one of these organizations and we don't even know who they are. they're are controlling the whole world's economy. if you look at the quality of the...
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i am confused about tpp tpa and nafta, in this congressman's opinion, didn't nafta hurt us as a countryand want -- won't the outcome be the same for tpp? guest: i would say, on the whole, i am disappointed with what nafta brought here we were told it would help us create 200,000 jobs. it came nowhere near close. we have seen a lot of small businesses, american workers manufacturing industry leave and go right over the border and. i have relatives who are from mexico -- that it would help lift them into the middle class and still have a lot of low skill low-wage work going on in mexico. there has certainly been a lot more commas -- commerce, no doubt. but the result of that commerce, it has not gone down to all the folks who thought it would. host: is it a vote that you regret? guest: i do. i wish i would have demanded more credible rules and more ability to enforce. we would hold, those who want to fight for american jobs that we would have agreement, a side agreement that would protect the rights for workers. we were told that side agreement is in the deal itself. i wanted to believe t
i am confused about tpp tpa and nafta, in this congressman's opinion, didn't nafta hurt us as a countryand want -- won't the outcome be the same for tpp? guest: i would say, on the whole, i am disappointed with what nafta brought here we were told it would help us create 200,000 jobs. it came nowhere near close. we have seen a lot of small businesses, american workers manufacturing industry leave and go right over the border and. i have relatives who are from mexico -- that it would help lift...
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both candidates answered the question yes i will renegotiate nafta.hey say -- what they say in the campaign isn't always translated. they're getting a lot of pressure from the largest corporations in the country on this. but fundamentally here is what happened, chris. we've seen the typical business plan for thousands of american companies now to shut down production and toledo and move it to china or mexico city and then sell the products back into the united states. that's pretty much a first in world economic history. you shut down production, move overseas, make the products and sell it back to the home country. these trade agreements, these trade agreements greece the wheels to do that. that's the problem. >> sherrod brown, thank you very much. >>> taking page from the bill clinton presidential playbook potential 2016 scott walker said he went to the reception for the gay wedding not the ceremony. >> i experimented with marijuana a time or two and i didn't like it. i didn't inhale and never tried it again. >> and talking about not inhaling and ga
both candidates answered the question yes i will renegotiate nafta.hey say -- what they say in the campaign isn't always translated. they're getting a lot of pressure from the largest corporations in the country on this. but fundamentally here is what happened, chris. we've seen the typical business plan for thousands of american companies now to shut down production and toledo and move it to china or mexico city and then sell the products back into the united states. that's pretty much a first...
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i did an article several years back on nafta, 10 years after where i researched it and nafta actually hurt mexico and central america terribly. with their macadamia farmers and all of that destroyed their markets. if you look at the people who are behind these trade organizations, fto, wto, all these groups, it is the same group of people in each one of these organizations and we don't even know who they are. they're are controlling the whole world's economy. if you look at the quality of the items coming into this country, it is absolutely terrible. pure junk. before we had all these trade agreements, you have good quality stuff, a competitive market, and now all we have this walmart and the quality is extremely poor. we have lost all these other competitive is mrs. because they are not -- businesses because they are not linked to rings made in the country -- in this country where trade agreements are. all these trade agreements have done is made it to where they can profit more often low-quality goods and take advantage of low pay and no environmental laws. it has been a total loss
i did an article several years back on nafta, 10 years after where i researched it and nafta actually hurt mexico and central america terribly. with their macadamia farmers and all of that destroyed their markets. if you look at the people who are behind these trade organizations, fto, wto, all these groups, it is the same group of people in each one of these organizations and we don't even know who they are. they're are controlling the whole world's economy. if you look at the quality of the...
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. -- nafta directly cost the united states a net loss of 700,000 jobs. the trade surplus with mexico turned into a chronic deficit and the economic dislocation of mexico increased the flow of undocumented workers into the united states." end of quote from the e.p.i. further, mr. president let me just quote an article that appeared in "the new york times" yesterday yesterday. quote -- "mexico has become the most attractive place in north america to build new automobile factories. a shift that has siphoned jobs from the u.s. and canada. in the past tw -- in the past two years eight automakers have announced plans to open new plants or expansions in new mexico. lower costs are the swing fact at thes," "new york times" yesterday. in other words mr. president despite all of the rhetoric about how this unfettered free trade agreement with mexico was going to create jobs in this country, it turned not too surprisingly -- i voted against nafta -- it turned out to be exactly the opposite. those people who told us how great the agreement was was going to be, were
. -- nafta directly cost the united states a net loss of 700,000 jobs. the trade surplus with mexico turned into a chronic deficit and the economic dislocation of mexico increased the flow of undocumented workers into the united states." end of quote from the e.p.i. further, mr. president let me just quote an article that appeared in "the new york times" yesterday yesterday. quote -- "mexico has become the most attractive place in north america to build new automobile...
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guest: 22 years ago, nafta passed.n it did, 102 democrats in the house of representatives foot for nafta. a few more voted against it. 102, that is a significant number. 130 republicans voted for it as well. of those 102 democrats who voted in favor, a significant portion were from southern states or border states. those states do a lot of manufacturing. they wanted to get goods to canada and mexico as fast as possible. border states are the states that do the most trade with canada and mexico so they were in favor of it as well. a significant number of those are held by republicans. after the waves of 2010 and 2014, we have seen free-trade democrats losing. they have been replaced by urban democrats in the northeast and on the west coast. people who are a lot more liberal. the party has shifted left since nafta passed. that means the democrats who opposed nafta are now a wider slice of the party. they do not think the president should have the authority to negotiate as they say in secret and they do not believe the tp
guest: 22 years ago, nafta passed.n it did, 102 democrats in the house of representatives foot for nafta. a few more voted against it. 102, that is a significant number. 130 republicans voted for it as well. of those 102 democrats who voted in favor, a significant portion were from southern states or border states. those states do a lot of manufacturing. they wanted to get goods to canada and mexico as fast as possible. border states are the states that do the most trade with canada and mexico...
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because of what nafta did, how do we ensure this does not become the next nafta, and the best way todialogue. are we going to deny this president, which would be the first one since eisenhower to not have trade promotion authority? that's unfortunate. that just give him the ability to negotiate a potential agreement, that would then have to go to congress to be voted on. none of this is being done in the dark. i think we have to be really honest, and it's okay to have a debate, but let's at least debate with facts. >> we can have different opinions but we can't have different facts. everyone, stay with me. when we come back marco rubio is leading all gop contenders. >>> and later, a revealing new biography of the first lady. the author joins ss us, ahead. with a cruising riding position and the most advanced vehicle stability system in the industry... you'll ride with a feeling of complete freedom and confidence. visit your can-am spyder dealer and test drive one today. the new spyder f3. riding has evolved. the ready to ride sales event is on now. get a three year extended warranty
because of what nafta did, how do we ensure this does not become the next nafta, and the best way todialogue. are we going to deny this president, which would be the first one since eisenhower to not have trade promotion authority? that's unfortunate. that just give him the ability to negotiate a potential agreement, that would then have to go to congress to be voted on. none of this is being done in the dark. i think we have to be really honest, and it's okay to have a debate, but let's at...
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i wasn't here when nafta passed, if i was, i probably would have voted against it because nafta, at the time, did not contain environmental standards in it. these negotiations that are taking place today have that in the body of the agreement. and quite frankly, it is an opportunity now to go back and correct the problems in nafta. get to labor and environmental standards. again, elevating it up to where we are. host: these trade deals point to nafta. they also are saying that these negotiations are being done in secret. that the lawmakers who are opposed right now are saying, we don't know what is in it and no one is telling us what is in it. is that true? what is happening up on capitol hill behind closed doors? what kind of education effort is happening? guest: i have had a different experience. we have worked very closely with the team. they are on capitol hill constantly, meeting with us, walking us through what is being negotiated, listening to our concerns and it is really up to each individual member of congress to engage themselves at that level. host: are they showing up? gues
i wasn't here when nafta passed, if i was, i probably would have voted against it because nafta, at the time, did not contain environmental standards in it. these negotiations that are taking place today have that in the body of the agreement. and quite frankly, it is an opportunity now to go back and correct the problems in nafta. get to labor and environmental standards. again, elevating it up to where we are. host: these trade deals point to nafta. they also are saying that these...
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was the beginning of this and this tpp is actually nafta on steroids.ust want to thank c-span for this test. she is telling the truth and the american public needs to get on board and call their congressmen and stop this. this is terrible for the american people. thank you and i will listen to her response. host: lori wallach, the viewer that adds trade deficits have been allowed forever. no politician has ever paid a political price for having one. guest: first law, gary, thank you. for folks who want to make show that gary and i know what we are talking about go to the u.s. international trade commission's website. an internet -- the website called dataweb and we have a huge trade deficit with the free trade agreement partners. we went with nafta having small surplus with mexico to having a huge trade deficit over $150 billion in 2014. those trade deficits translate to job losses. that you can see for yourself or if you want to see a chart, go back to trade watch.org and it shows a graph for each agreement of what has happened or at trade watch.org, y
was the beginning of this and this tpp is actually nafta on steroids.ust want to thank c-span for this test. she is telling the truth and the american public needs to get on board and call their congressmen and stop this. this is terrible for the american people. thank you and i will listen to her response. host: lori wallach, the viewer that adds trade deficits have been allowed forever. no politician has ever paid a political price for having one. guest: first law, gary, thank you. for folks...
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beginning with nafta. they have put all the power in the hands of the employer.ployer threatens if you don't go along, if you don't surrender your bargaining rights, if you don't surrender your health and pension benefits, union membership we'll move your job overseas. consequence of nafta, 22 years ago, documented by our own government, 750,000 jobs lost immediately. 5 million fewer american manufacturing jobs than there were. i just think the pattern, judy has been established in our so it.. so society. the investor class has been protected whether it's copyrights or intellectual property, their investment they just pay lip service to workers rights and i think it's one more example. woodruff: and the president defended it today david that means he is supporting the investor class? >> i don't think so. the been around the globe as for the domestic workers it's complicated. it has hurt some people in some of the unions. there's no question about it. the unions were dominant in the 1950s, where we had global dominance as the world has unionized, there's no questi
beginning with nafta. they have put all the power in the hands of the employer.ployer threatens if you don't go along, if you don't surrender your bargaining rights, if you don't surrender your health and pension benefits, union membership we'll move your job overseas. consequence of nafta, 22 years ago, documented by our own government, 750,000 jobs lost immediately. 5 million fewer american manufacturing jobs than there were. i just think the pattern, judy has been established in our so it.....
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i think because labor was so concerned at the time about nafta and what a raw deal they thought it was, and how harmful they thought it was, that now they have an opportunity to renegotiate those standards. look, the democratic family is just like any other family. we have arguments. we have discussions. but we ultimately coalesce around the democratic nominee and our candidates up and down the ballot because we know that our candidates are best suited and are the most likely to focus on making sure that if you work hard and play by the rules in this country, you have a chance to earn a living wage, reach the middle class, provide for your family, have a good roof over your head, and that you don't have to spend your life wringing your hands over how you are going to achieve all of that. while republican policies have included none of those protections, have included terrible environmental standards, have not made labor protections a priority. so that is the kind of conversation we are having. we are listening to our friends in the labor movement. i have had numerous meetings with labo
i think because labor was so concerned at the time about nafta and what a raw deal they thought it was, and how harmful they thought it was, that now they have an opportunity to renegotiate those standards. look, the democratic family is just like any other family. we have arguments. we have discussions. but we ultimately coalesce around the democratic nominee and our candidates up and down the ballot because we know that our candidates are best suited and are the most likely to focus on making...
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they remember very vividly nafta and the fast-track authority that went before that. so those recollections are vivid. they're very curious about whether this has changed at all in the years since. i'm going to be sad to tell them i really don't think it has changed. not only is it frustrating that the fast track hasn't kept up with the times, but in terms of trying to understand what's in the tpp, what's in the trade agreement that's being negotiated with the european union, that is next to impossible, even for senators let alone the constituents that i represent in wisconsin. >> senator casey, if it's hard for senators to understand because of lack of access to exactly what's in the deal you're going to be trusting the president of the united states with a real leap of faith if people in the senate go along with this. >> i think people expect us to make sure they have the information they need. unfortunately, the process has been so rushed of late that you can't often get the kind of information out that you want to. we've got to use this time and that's why it's so
they remember very vividly nafta and the fast-track authority that went before that. so those recollections are vivid. they're very curious about whether this has changed at all in the years since. i'm going to be sad to tell them i really don't think it has changed. not only is it frustrating that the fast track hasn't kept up with the times, but in terms of trying to understand what's in the tpp, what's in the trade agreement that's being negotiated with the european union, that is next to...
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i wasn't here when nafta passed, if i was, i probably would have voted against it because nafta, at thee, did not contain environmental standards in it. these negotiations that are taking place today have that in the body of the agreement. and quite frankly, it is an opportunity now to go back and correct the problems in nafta. get to labor and environmental standards. again, elevating it up to where we are. host: these trade deals point to nafta. they also are saying that these negotiations are being done in secret. that the lawmakers who are opposed right now are saying, we don't know what is in it and no one is telling us what is in it. is that true? what is happening up on capitol hill behind closed doors? what kind of education effort is happening? guest: i have had a different experience. we have worked very closely with the team. they are on capitol hill constantly, meeting with us, walking us through what is being negotiated, listening to our concerns and it is really up to each individual member of congress to engage themselves at that level. host: are they showing up? guest: s
i wasn't here when nafta passed, if i was, i probably would have voted against it because nafta, at thee, did not contain environmental standards in it. these negotiations that are taking place today have that in the body of the agreement. and quite frankly, it is an opportunity now to go back and correct the problems in nafta. get to labor and environmental standards. again, elevating it up to where we are. host: these trade deals point to nafta. they also are saying that these negotiations...
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plants that because of nafta had crossed the river and were relocated in mexico. some areas called maquilladoras. these were american plants relocated to mexico producing with very low-income workers and selling with no environmental and labor standards and selling those products back in the united states. it's a -- 20th century-21st century way of doing business for far too many companies. unknown in human history to my knowledge have so many companies as they have in the united states incorporated their business plans where they shut down production in sandusky or mansfield, ohio and moved to china and sell those products back into the united states. so i wanted to see wait looked like. as i walked through this neighborhood where thousands of workers live, very abject, poor conditions, these were workers working for most cases american companies south of the border in mexico at very low wages. i walked through these neighborhoods, i saw people living in shacks, these shacks were often made of packing materials. maybe wooden crates from products that had been shi
plants that because of nafta had crossed the river and were relocated in mexico. some areas called maquilladoras. these were american plants relocated to mexico producing with very low-income workers and selling with no environmental and labor standards and selling those products back in the united states. it's a -- 20th century-21st century way of doing business for far too many companies. unknown in human history to my knowledge have so many companies as they have in the united states...
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she supposed nafta when her husband was president.in the senate she supported some opposed others. as secretary of state, of course she touted this as really you know important. and helpful. so what i think is that she's going to actually end up supporting it t. because i can't imagine that the price of opposing -- i think the price of opposing it is steeper. she's going to do this hedging for weeks to make it look like she's tortured it. if she opposes, the president will say she's wrong. >> she doesn't have yet an opponent from the left. here's what president obama said about the biggest opponent to the trade dill which is senator elizabeth warren last night. >> i love elizabeth, we're allies on a whole host of issues. but she's wrong on this. i would not be putting this forward if i was not absolutely certain that this was going to be good for american workers. now, understandably folks in labor and some progressives are suspicious generally because of the experiences they saw in the past. but my point is don't fight the last war,
she supposed nafta when her husband was president.in the senate she supported some opposed others. as secretary of state, of course she touted this as really you know important. and helpful. so what i think is that she's going to actually end up supporting it t. because i can't imagine that the price of opposing -- i think the price of opposing it is steeper. she's going to do this hedging for weeks to make it look like she's tortured it. if she opposes, the president will say she's wrong....
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. >> i go back to the nafta trade agreement not causing any loss of jobs and the giant sucking sound hearing the jobs headed south. are you in agreement that the tpp won't cost americans jobs? >> it's hard to come up with a firm statement as to what the economic result will be. it's mixed some american jobs are likely to be hit. just because you have low cost countries like china and malaysia playing to the strengths of american companies so presumably it's going to have some boost for jobs at home. obviously, it's just too early to say what the precise economic impact is going to be like. i think what you're seeing too is that these jobs, people on the left in the democratic party certainly have a long memory back to nafta as well. we're finding that the strategic argument is falling on deaf ears for that reason and i think it's worth paying attention to. >> there is something that is not falling on deaf ears and you mentioned it briefly by saying, some of this is happening in the back room, it is a private deal, a global watch group in washington writes, the tpp would elevate forei
. >> i go back to the nafta trade agreement not causing any loss of jobs and the giant sucking sound hearing the jobs headed south. are you in agreement that the tpp won't cost americans jobs? >> it's hard to come up with a firm statement as to what the economic result will be. it's mixed some american jobs are likely to be hit. just because you have low cost countries like china and malaysia playing to the strengths of american companies so presumably it's going to have some boost...
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rick you're saying nafta. that's an agreement from 20 years ago.unionsment the legacy of nafta is apazing. 20 years later how it affects the democratic base of today. they are skeptle call of a trade deal spp i don't know about you. i have yet to see data that shows us how much impact -- positive or negative -- it had on american workers. there is a built in concern levelment if level. if you're a democrat your tendency is to side with the university yops but we don't know. >> thank you for getting up with us todaymentle thanks to the panel. you can catch more of me during the week with special guests every monday night on meerkat. google it get the app and check us out. we'll be joined by alex witt. ask anything you want. we have to say good-bye to one of our own. producer jack bohr has been instrumental in everything the show has done and become in the past two years. he's headed off to greener pastures. we with want to thank him for that. there's his "up" debut on screen nowful thank you, jack. enjoy getting up at 1:00 in the morning for the new
rick you're saying nafta. that's an agreement from 20 years ago.unionsment the legacy of nafta is apazing. 20 years later how it affects the democratic base of today. they are skeptle call of a trade deal spp i don't know about you. i have yet to see data that shows us how much impact -- positive or negative -- it had on american workers. there is a built in concern levelment if level. if you're a democrat your tendency is to side with the university yops but we don't know. >> thank you...
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i think that nafta is part of this. that. a high level staffer i talked to yesterday, said if barack obama were a senator from illinois right now,b he would probably be telling the president that this is a bad idea. he would be completely -- >> i agree with that. >> to me -- >> that's why we have presidents and senators. al senators represent the interest of regions and industries. that's what they do. that's their job, to protect. you know you make bigger decisions and local decisions. this time around the locals seem to be winning. >> i think the case there were two kinds of cases for this. the case that's easy for the president to make i think is a foreign policy case. because we don't want the chinese to set all the rules in asia. we want a foot hold in asia if we build this alliance of countries, that's good for us as a country. i think that's a case that's relatively easy to make even to people who are skeptics. i think after the experience of naft nafta and the speeding of the process and the real concern there a
i think that nafta is part of this. that. a high level staffer i talked to yesterday, said if barack obama were a senator from illinois right now,b he would probably be telling the president that this is a bad idea. he would be completely -- >> i agree with that. >> to me -- >> that's why we have presidents and senators. al senators represent the interest of regions and industries. that's what they do. that's their job, to protect. you know you make bigger decisions and local...
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she supposed nafta when her husband was president. the senate she supported some opposed others. as secretary of state, of course she touted this as really you know important. and helpful. so what i think is that she's going to actually end up supporting it t. because i can't imagine that the price of opposing -- i think the price of opposing it is steeper. she's going to do this hedging for weeks to make it look like she's tortured it. if she opposes, the president will say she's wrong. >> she doesn't have yet an opponent from the left. here's what president obama said about the biggest opponent to the trade dill which is senator elizabeth warren last night. >> i love elizabeth, we're allies on a whole host of issues. but she's wrong on this. i would not be putting this forward if i was not absolutely certain that this was going to be good for american workers. now, understandably folks in labor and some progressives are suspicious generally because of the experiences they saw in the past. but my point is don't fight the last war, wa
she supposed nafta when her husband was president. the senate she supported some opposed others. as secretary of state, of course she touted this as really you know important. and helpful. so what i think is that she's going to actually end up supporting it t. because i can't imagine that the price of opposing -- i think the price of opposing it is steeper. she's going to do this hedging for weeks to make it look like she's tortured it. if she opposes, the president will say she's wrong....
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clearly nafta was a failure for america's workers. if we look at the korean trade deal, which they said would be the salvation, it has worked exactly in reverse. we have already lost 75,000 more jobs to imports coming into our country from korea. the exports going out have been just a trickle. in fact our exports to korea have gone down by 7.5%. the korean agreement was hailed as a wonderful opportunity for the american economy something we just couldn't pass up. well, take a look at what has happened. we have imported 1288,456,000 weeks in cora from 2014, exporting -- korea from 2014. the korean free trade agreement has been a failure for american workers, too. with these transpacific partnership negotiations continuing to advance, america should ask, could it possibly be a good deal for american workers? we already have colossal trade deficit was some of the countries with which the negotiations are occurring with malaysia, with vietnam, and obviously with japan. the prospectus t.p.p. partners used protectionism and currency manipul
clearly nafta was a failure for america's workers. if we look at the korean trade deal, which they said would be the salvation, it has worked exactly in reverse. we have already lost 75,000 more jobs to imports coming into our country from korea. the exports going out have been just a trickle. in fact our exports to korea have gone down by 7.5%. the korean agreement was hailed as a wonderful opportunity for the american economy something we just couldn't pass up. well, take a look at what has...
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it is undemocratic and everyone knows since nafta was introduced all most 20 years ago, there are hundreds of thousands american job that left the united states or the pressure on wages and benefits for the workers that are effected by the bad trade policies. people still don't seem the learn the lessen. i want to thank jan avalos for supporting item 41 and think a statement from san francisco, a big union town and a also a progressive town and major city in the united states would go a long way in terms of the national campaign to stop this horrible legislation so we urge you to support this and thank you very much. >> thank you mr. paulson, next speaker, please >> member of the board of supervisors i'm here today to call out something that you are aware of because you are the cause of if. when public comment started today all but 3 of #34ebs got up and decide to have conversations with members of the public and members of the staff, anybody but listen to the public. they are so concerned but what the people that voted to put them inose seats have to say they will do anything they can to
it is undemocratic and everyone knows since nafta was introduced all most 20 years ago, there are hundreds of thousands american job that left the united states or the pressure on wages and benefits for the workers that are effected by the bad trade policies. people still don't seem the learn the lessen. i want to thank jan avalos for supporting item 41 and think a statement from san francisco, a big union town and a also a progressive town and major city in the united states would go a long...
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. >> nafta was a big thing in the clinton administration, and that was a huge fight and clinton ran against the unions in 1992, and so it's the very interesting test for her, because bill clinton ran against the union, and i am waiting to see what her final decision is now, and she is looking left, and that's a lesson of 2008, and barack obama got her on the left, and then the republicans are saying, you know, she is inauthentic and flip-flopping and you can't trust her and she will say whatever it takes to be elected. is there a risk in the long term? >> yeah, there's a risk, and i think martin o'malley is going for when he says she is getting on the bandwagon is some of the issues. she is in a tough spot because on the one hand she has to different repb she kwraeut herself on the idea of the new democrat. she has to keep that coalition together. sometimes i can't figure out do people want her to be more liberal than obama, where is she visa vie him. it's not clear if you have 100 democrats in the room, average democrats, they would know who martin o'malley is, or even think that he was th
. >> nafta was a big thing in the clinton administration, and that was a huge fight and clinton ran against the unions in 1992, and so it's the very interesting test for her, because bill clinton ran against the union, and i am waiting to see what her final decision is now, and she is looking left, and that's a lesson of 2008, and barack obama got her on the left, and then the republicans are saying, you know, she is inauthentic and flip-flopping and you can't trust her and she will say...
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rebea: i am old enou that i worked on international tre lalaw in the senate on the finance committeeor naftaat was the dealbreer or dealmake it is early. the senate agreed to vote on it. it would be great for him. peter: ithe senate votes yes. the koreanree trade agreement has doubled the trade deficitt with korea and cost us 100,000 jobs, the opposite of what he promised. chuck schumer, the apparent minority leader, has come t ainst this bill. rebecca: josh, f conservativive economist, peter is s not the most free tra mullateraral kind of guy. what is your take on the trade agreement and whethther it is somethining the e president should be bragging about? josh: i love all korean food. for me, the deal turned out perfect. this is also about presidentl authority, in doeses the president have the authority and responsibility to interact with our foreign partners? after what we have seen with iran fast-track tradauthority is going to be something that obama wants from this particular congress a he can't help but counted as a win. rebecca: let'segue to peter's most exercised about this week hil
rebea: i am old enou that i worked on international tre lalaw in the senate on the finance committeeor naftaat was the dealbreer or dealmake it is early. the senate agreed to vote on it. it would be great for him. peter: ithe senate votes yes. the koreanree trade agreement has doubled the trade deficitt with korea and cost us 100,000 jobs, the opposite of what he promised. chuck schumer, the apparent minority leader, has come t ainst this bill. rebecca: josh, f conservativive economist, peter...
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she was a champion of nafta. was a champion of some of these trade agreements, one being debated now called the tpp having to do with asian countries. now she is trying to walk a line here because many in the base of the democratic don't trust anybody to negotiate a trade agreement, let alone a democratic republican or republican. >> the devil's in the details. that's what we have to see. >> you are a free trader. you probably want to see this tpp go. >> i want a trade deal that opens up markets to america, creates jobs for americans, protect their wages and benefits. that's what i want. in virginia, i just announced we are up 14% on agriculture exports, $3.5 billion. i travel the globe. i was one of the most traveled governors, went to china, korea, japan europe. we brought back so much business from around the globe. >> i can't carry the trade of virginia if you are a protectionist. >> we want a trade deal that makes markets open. nobody can compete with us chuck. nobody in america. we've got to have fair rules
she was a champion of nafta. was a champion of some of these trade agreements, one being debated now called the tpp having to do with asian countries. now she is trying to walk a line here because many in the base of the democratic don't trust anybody to negotiate a trade agreement, let alone a democratic republican or republican. >> the devil's in the details. that's what we have to see. >> you are a free trader. you probably want to see this tpp go. >> i want a trade deal...