agoa allows the u.s. and africa to both take advantage of this this -- since the act was fully implemented in 2001, u.s. imports under agoa has tripled. nonoil agoa trade has increased fourfold. some of the sectors that agoa has helped open are apparel, textiles, jewelry, handicrafts, electronics. agow has created hundreds of thousands of jobs in those sectors, most of those in the apparel sector where women comprise 75% to 90% of the industry. in sub-sahara africa, women are at the highest risk of being poor. agoa has tackled barriers to poverty reduction by eliminating tariffs on goods that come from many sectors in which women are employed. modern trade agreements and initiatives are much more -- much more than just lowering tariffs. it also involves dealing with good governance practices. in an increasing global economy, we can no longer consider issues like labor rights, human rights and good governance as issues that are separate from trade. trade with our country is a benefit with deserving nations

greens in places where they had ruled for nearly sixty years places like greyman and stuttgart so even agoamerkel got it and they're they're heading towards nuclear free by two thousand and twenty two and that's the wave of the future there was just a report released by michael snyder. from europe that shows like you said that the trend is that this industry isn't full retreat i mean forget about the optimistic projections of the u.s. nuclear industry the facts the reality is that this industry is very at rest but it is on its way out of heaven camps thanks so much for being with us thank you so great to have you. thank. you. crazy alert group who's out there or at least in a file somewhere in the chilean department of civil aeronautics earlier this month the chilean government concluded an investigation into reported u.f.o. sighting at a mining facility in the attic and might desert the findings contained in the government's final report might surprise you after examining photos of the objects in question and looking into every single possible explanation for what they were including wheth

for things like the generalized system of preferences, the african growth and opportunity act, the agoa bill, and the miscellaneous tariff bill, all of which are important to our nation's trade agenda. our compromise bill also transfers $1 billion from the leaking underground storage tank trust fund called lust to the highway trust fund. the remaining funds would be raised through a variety of tax compliance measures all disiepped nodesignednot to raiso realize revenues already toad the treasury. the finance committee bill does include a provision designed to claw back orphan earmarks. the provision deals with earmarks included in previous highway bills. i want to thank senator coburn for the idea that was the basis of this provision. though in the end we didn't go as far as he or i would have liked. like i said, all told, our bill would provide nearly $11 billion in funding for the highway trust fund and prevent the funding crisis that is on the horizon if congress does not act. once again, this legislation represents a bipartisan agreement between chairman wyden and myself and it was

through the first stage of agoa.es what we discovered is that many countries can't, even if they have no tariff barriers, that they are experiencing, they still have problems in terms of getting their goods to market. and so part of what we're trying to do is to find ways in which we can lower some of the other barriers to export for african countries, not just a tariff issue, but how can we make sure that there is greater transportation networks, how can we make sure that trade financing is in place, what are the of the mechanisms that may inhibit exports from african countries, so that's the first thing. ..

but my just to answer directly your question, we are very strongly committed to making sure that agoa is reauthorized and, obviously, we've got a bunch of members of congress here who care about this deeply as well. okay. how much time do we have, by the way? i just want to make sure -- >> [inaudible] >> they're saying one hour. [laughter] okay. i think we've got time for two more questions. well, i'm sorry, but -- [laughter] you know, the -- all right. so it's a gentleman's turn. let me, let me see. this gentleman in the white right here. that guy right there. hold on a minute. >> hi, i'm james -- [inaudible] from liberia. it is a pleasure meeting you, mr. president. my question has to do with the issue of antitrust law. you will be meeting our leader next week. will you discuss the issue of antitrust law, are you willing to include it on your agenda, please, to solve our problems back home? >> well, you know, obviously each country's different, and i'll be honest with you, i'm not familiar with the antitrust laws in every country. but what i would certainly commit to doing is to tal