make the economic and political argument a generation after a republican george hw bush negotiated nafand bill clinton had to talk about it and we have the president of the economic strategy institute and the author of japan restored, how japan can reinvent itself and why this is important for america and the world. and a lot of people are just getting to tpp now, what are the essentials, what is important for them to know about what this does and how it changes the rules in play right now? >> what is important to know is this the big economically and internationally for the united states. the economic gains are potentially quite significant because we are talking about an agreement that you count all 12 partners embraces 40% of gdp and includes three of our largest four trading partners and also includes some of the fastest growing economies in asia pacific region, region projected to have about three billion people in the middle class by 2030. so the u.s. needs much more access to these markets. right now the u.s. economy is relatively open, relatively low tariff and few trade barrier

nafa for second and an issue of a product i was affected.npr did a piece a week ago or so about the implications of that trade agreement. it was on anniversary of nafta. devote about a farmer in the u.s., a tomato farmer affected by nafta. they write is farmer said -- in the piece, they said according to the department of fresh tomato production in florida has fallen 41%. meanwhile, tomato production in mexico has gone the other way. florida tomato growers argue they cannot compete with a lower wages and less environment oversight in mexico. guest: >> guest: first of all those always winners and losers when you trade agreement. clearly some of the fresh produce can be grown much cheaper overseas, particularly south of our borders that can be grown here. trade agreements have got to do a better job of protecting against exceptionally low wage labor. other items i just agriculture have done better since nafta. the livestock industry, pork and poultry and cattle. the grains have generally done better and if you talk to mexican producers they wi