containerization of shipping,
the spread of broadband, the
emerging markets in china and
europe, has made it easier for
people to move construction to
other companies.
we need to level the playing
field by reducing the barriers
to those market so we can
produce here and export there.
and secondly, raise the
standards of those countries.
right now, we compete against
low-wage labor all over the
world.
charlie: richard haas, the
president of the council of
foreign relations said trade is
central to foreign policy.
without the deal, the so-called
pivot to asia will be hollow.
the pivot to asia was a central
part of american foreign-policy.