my name is kenneth levinsohn, i and the executive rector of the washington trade association. we are delighted so many of you braved the elements to be her

my name is kenneth levinsohn, i and the executive rector of the washington trade association. we are delighted so many of you braved the elements to be her today. but come also to our friends watching on c-span. today's events follows a series we have had on the current trade agenda. we addressed the border withtment tax and trade china and the trade law toolbox. all of those -- all of those are available on our website, americastradepolicy.com. all of our content as well, where we are looking at the future of trade anwill be hosting a series of events looking at things like new technologies such as 3-d printing, intelligent vehicles, and the impact those would have on trade. we could not have time it much better trade last night the pre deficits and today he will issue an executive order on trade deficits. tos -- our mission is educate about trade policy. we cannot package be happier than to have today's panel moderated by our friends and investor peter argyle. have a discussion among the panelists and open it up for questions. peter? >> think you very much can. thank you all