. -- ambassador barshefsky. >> thanks very much, scott. we're running a bit long, and so i think what i'd like to do rather than have the panelists talk to each other is to open this up for questions from the audience given how patient you've all been. so we have people with microphones at the back of the room, and if you raise your hand, they will come and give you a mic. and the you'll identify -- if you'll identify yourself and your affiliation before you ask your question, that would be great. yes. >> thanks so much. thanks to the panel and csis. i'm scotty greenwood with the canadian-american business council. if tpp and ttip ask the other trade deals are a possibility for fixing nafta or enhancing it and also enhancing our trade generally with the world, what are the prospects of actually getting those deals concluded and in place? thanks. >> i'll take one stab. i think the administration is very committed to finishing ttip. they missed this year-end deadline, but they will not miss next year. they will conclude it next year, that's

having to speak after ambassador barshefsky is quite an honor . these two women have led the united states and canada through many important trade initiatives and it is a bit overwhelming for a trade professor to be the third speaker. i would also like to thank scott and csis for the invitation to speak this morning and putting this program together. it is lovely to see so many friends and colleagues from the governments of canada, mexico, the united states, this is like the nafta all-star team in this room. this is quite incredible. if i say anything wrong, please throw something at me. we are here because we were involved in the creation of a report commissioned by the government of canada. although it does not reflect the opinions of the government of canada. to do some thinking about the future of nafta and a framework for north american competitiveness. there is no doubt, based on your own knowledge and the comments made by ambassadors this morning, nafta was and is a very successful agreement. a breaking agreement, really. establishing a fra

. >> with that, let me add my thanks to ambassador barshefsky for her moderating skills, to the panel and all the speakers. and thank you for attending this morning. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> and wrapping up the discussion here at the center for strategic and international studies, a discussion about nafta on its 20th anniversary. if you missed any of the discussion or you would like to see it again, we will have it available shortly online at our c-span video library. just go to c-span.org. more life programs across the c-span networks later today. join us at 1:00 eastern for remarks from dan asked them, the chair and ceo of general motors. he will be at the press club today. we will have his remarks live on c-span. turning to capitol hill, the senate returns today at 3:00 eastern. senators will be picking up where they left off on friday on a series of judicial and executive branch nominations. votes are expected to around 530 on those nominations. this will likely be the senate last week in

barshefsky, who basically negotiated for us, has the own firm which tells people about these things. i was wondering if he would comment more on about how all of these agencies seemed to be captured. senatorpromise to the she would go first. guest: i want to go to the last song we were talking about because the gentleman brought up a great point, certainty versus uncertainty. he talks about being in the middle and finding common ground, that is really the key to where we need to be in getting the kind of regulations that will do what we want them to do. is, again, to provide us a continual effort to clean up our that and air and finding common ground makes the difference. we are not doing that anymore. the budget agreement i think they will come up with and get out of the senate is a good example of where we are taking a when we talk about trade agreements, trade agreements are very important, and -- but i couldn't miss commenting on that other piece because i think it's so important. i think americans are really looking for greater certainty out of washington, but for trade agreemen

barshefsky, who basically negotiated for us, has the own firm which tells people about these things. was wondering if he would comment more on about how all of these agencies seemed to be captured. senatorpromise to the she would go first. guest: i want to go to the last song we were talking about because the gentleman brought up a great point, certainty versus uncertainty. he talks about being in the middle and finding common ground, that is really the key to where we need to be in getting the kind of regulations that will do what we want them to do. is, again, to provide us a continual effort to clean up our that and air and finding common ground makes the difference. we are not doing that anymore. the budget agreement i think they will come up with and get out of the senate is a good example of where we are taking a step, a baby step, in the right direction, finding common ground and creating greater certainty, and getting to where we need to be. when we talk about trade agreements, trade agreements are very important. i could not miss commenting on the other piece because it is s