doug oberhelman is the ceo with us today. [applause] caterpillars a great story of an american company of exports to the world. we also have the leader of the great european country that makes a great deal of stuff in the united states and we are proud to have -- under this all over again, ludwig willisch, ceo of bmw north america is still with us. [applause] the man who's negotiating these trade agreements on both sides of the atlantic tonight dates, the u.s. trade rep is ambassador michael froman. [applause] were going to start with a few comments from each panelist. governor, we'll start with you. >> thank you. it's not to be here. by the governor tennessee for three years. one thing people ask you is what have you learned. the answer is a whole lot. one other quick things you learn is this, international trade agreements directly impact the job of the state governor. when i started running like i said several years ago, but certainly would have been one of the key issues on my horizon. it is definitely true. let me give y

doug oberhelman is the ceo. he is with us today. [applause] >> caterpillar is a great story of an american company that exports to the world. we have a leader of a great european country that makes a great deal of stuff in the united states, and we're proud to have ludwig willisch, the ceo of bmw north america is here with us. [applause] >> and the man who's negotiating these trade agreements on both sides of the atlantic, the as trade rep is ambassador michael froman. [applause] >> we're going to start with a few comments from each panelist. governor, we will start with you. >> thank you. it's an honor to be. i've been governor of tennessee for three years. one of the things people ask you is what have you learned? the answer is all law. but one of the, one of the quick things you learn is this. international trade agreements directly impact the job of a state governor, and when i started running, several years ago that certain wouldn't have been one of the key issues on my horizon but it is doubly true. the media little context. i

doug oberhelman is the ceo. he is with us here today. [applause] >> capital is a great story that exports to the world but we also have a leader of a great european company that makes a great deal of stuff in the united states and we are proud to have ludwig willisch, the ceo of bmw north america is here with us. [applause] and and and his negotiated trade on both sides of the atlantic to the united states, because trade rep is ambassador michael froman. [applause] >> we're going to start with a few comments from each panelist. governor, we'll start with you. >> thank you. it's an honor to be a. i've been governor of tennessee for three years and one of the things people ask is what did you learn? the answer is a whole lot. but one of the quick things you learn is this. international trade agreements directly impact the job of the state governor. and that's when i started running, like i said so years ago, that certainly would have been one of the key issues on my horizon but it is definitely too. let me give you a little context here in