with nafta. so in other words, it's very possible that we might have these ongoing negotiations, and these announcements of deals where preliminary agreements in principle really aren't actual deals that have been negotiated at all but are wide-open and thus would still -- what still remains in place is not the renegotiated deal but indeed what was already in place in the first place. name leash the nafta that was negotiated 24 years ago. >> i want to pick up on a thing that mary brought up and how we broad he think about nafta. we think about what brought president trump to office, he rallied on the idea of this populist agenda. part of it was saying we're gonna tackle trade and make it better for everybody. we think about that framework, you have to look at what he's done and proposed to make this better for everybody. well, we look at course, and we see that with course, there were small tweaks, not many changes. you don't have to go back to congress for a vote. the small things that make it l

terms nafta 2.0, new nafta. if some trilateral deal does get done, do you think there is any way president trump cause it nafta 2.0? agreed nafta is the victim of a bad brand. was usmc.s suggestion i think the united states marine corps would object to that. if they want to work on a better brand, go for it. i do not think anyone inside the tent is wedded to it. host: springfield, virginia, republican. to -- ii just wanted know in the u.s. we get tied up asinternal politics and someone who looks a canada from the outside, there seems to be -- there is not as much of good pleasure -- displeasure. i am wondering if you think as he continues to delay an outcome dostretch this negotiation, think canada will find themselves in a better position or a worse position to negotiate a trade deal? guest: it is a fine line. negotiators have been clear since the beginning that this has body -- got to be a better deal when they leave them when they started. they cannot take shortcuts. been the school vice president obama -- vi

with nafta. so in other words, it's very possible that we might have these ongoing negotiations, and these announcements of deals where preliminary agreements in principle really aren't actual deals that have been negotiated at all but are wide-open and thus would still -- what still remains in place is not the renegotiated deal but indeed what was already in place in the first place. name leash the nafta that was negotiated 24 years ago. >> i want to pick up on a thing that mary brought up and how we broad he think about nafta. we think about what brought president trump to office, he rallied on the idea of this populist agenda. part of it was saying we're gonna tackle trade and make it better for everybody. we think about that framework, you have to look at what he's done and proposed to make this better for everybody. well, we look at course, and we see that with course, there were small tweaks, not many changes. you don't have to go back to congress for a vote. the small things that make it l

happen with nafta. so in other words, it's very possible that we might have these ongoing negotiations and these announcements of the deals or preliminary agreements in principle, that really aren't actual deals that have been negotiated at all, but are wide open and that what remains in place is not the renegotiated deal, but indeed, what was already in place in the first place. namely, the nafta that was negotiated 24 years ago. please. >> i want to pick up on a theme that mary brought up and how we broadly think about nafta. when we think about what brought president trump to office is that he rallied on this idea of this populist agenda. part of it was saying we want to tackle trade and make it better for everybody. inu: so we think about that framework. , we haveook at korus to look at what he has done and what he has proposed to make this better for everybody. , withe look at korus small tweaks,ere not many changes. he doesn't have to go back to congress for a vote. it makes it better by getting a

this is a dumb concept of trying to fix nafta. nafta needs to be fixed by twe aks. guest: i could not agree more. that is it. our cross-border communities are integrating manufacturing and production. whether san diego, detroit, windsor. i am from sault ste. marie, ontario, right next to michigan, and people are upset by these terrorist -- tariffs. suppliedn steelmaker steel for the 20 hours and now being told they are a national security threat -- twin towers and being told now they are a national security threat. this is important for all of these countries. the mexico-u.s. ties have been battered as well. i wonder whether we can recover from these fractures. host: michael in new york city, republican. caller: good morning. thank you for discussing trade. i have two questions. the first one is -- when you were talking about the wilson commission and trade understanding, what are some elements of trade understanding that have been brought to the united states and incorporated into our system? how ared question is -- things changing now in the global trade environme

it happen with nafta. in these announcement of deals. it really is not actual deals that happen with the negotiation at all. their wide open. it is not the negotiated deals but what was already in place in the first place. with how we broadly think about nafta. when we think about what brought president trump to office. he rallied on the idea of a populist agenda. we will have to make it better for everybody. we think about that framework. to make it better for everybody. we see with chorus there are small tweaks not many changes. he doesn't have to go back to congress for vote. we might not get because increasing the quota does not mean that we have haven't like american cars. in addition to that. having the echo were strengths. as straight out history out of the 1980s. we have things that have been proposed. they aren't the ways to actually improve trade agreements. in that sense is a very different agenda. when we look at nafta we look at the things that have been in focus. and when we look at what has

with nafta. in other words very possible that we might have the ongoing negotiation in these announcements of deals or preliminary agreements in principle that really aren't actual deals that have been negotiated at all but are wide open and thus what storming the place is not the renegotiated deal but indeed what was already in place in the first place. mainly, the nafta negotiated 24 years ago. >> i want to pick up on the theme that mary brought up. how we probably think about nafta. we think about what brought president trump to office as he rallied on this idea of a populist agenda. part was saying will attack trade and make it better for everybody. we think about that framework and we take about what he's done and proposed to make this better for everybody. look at chorus and see that with chorus there were small tweaks, not many changes and does not have to go back to congress for a vote for small things that make it look like we make it better by getting more autos into korea which we migh

it's not nafta related as such. but it could come and underplay under nafta. there is an ongoing 232 national security investigation on automobiles and there may be a cutpoint where the new tariffs will be imposed on cars that are imported from outside from the u.s. with a very interesting paper that she authored alongside two other colleagues. i would just like you to say something about that. as monica mentioned the msn tariff is 2.5 percent in the united states. if the united states ratchets off the requirements for automakers to the 0% movement across the two boundaries. it may be that the automakers simply turn around and say will just forget it. it'll be the 2.5 percent. for example if you had 40% of the vehicle that has to be made with labor. that $16 an hour. unless expensive auto deals work competition is very fierce. you might say i cannot sell the vehicle. as i had been doing. and therefore i will not meet the higher standards. i will simply pay the higher tariffs. you begin to realize that it seems like the 225% tariffs are coming. otherwise all of

everybody wants a rebirth of nafta, a better nafta. everybody wants that.m president trump is a little bit disingenuous. i have begun to maybe not pay so much attention to that bellicose language about "i'm not prepared to deal", because i think a lot of work is going on in the background, and i am hopeful that they will in fact bea nafta. you are hopeful a deal will be done?|j they will in fact bea nafta. you are hopeful a dealwill be done? i think so, yes. what kind of deal will that look like? how far removed as it from the original nafta deal? president trump is absolutely right that dairy is the problem, and canada has to let go of the dairy supply management. that is a problem domestically in canada and has been for years. there is the reason canada should be keeping that other than political reasons in ontario and quebec. i am hopeful canada will rele nt and quebec. i am hopeful canada will relent on that somewhat, that could possibly be done in conjunction with the us relenting on some of its smaller subsidies to the dairy sector. and then the other

we were flat on friday on nafta negotiations.

is it how big of a risk that nafta 2.0, based on the u.s. mexico deal could be worse than the status quo? risk,hink there is a real if canada does exceed some of the u.s. demands, which have been quite protectionist, and would roll back some of the gains in nafta 1.0. expansion ofor an procurement, opportunities for canadian businesses at the municipal and state level. the united states has responded access toto reduce procurements with new by america restrictions at the federal level. also, canada asked for an entryion of the temporary visas for business professionals and other classes of persons. we have not heard anything about that. given the u.s. approach on immigration, i suspect the attitude has been negative on that as well, which is important for business. amanda: we have this sense that there is a imminent deadline, political reasons for that. keep saying a bad deal is worse than no deal. in other words, we could walk away. can we really operate in this day and age without some kind of deal with the u.s.? if we did not have a deal,

isis the issue which really at the heart of the nafta negotiation. in the heart of the nafta relationship, the is at the integrated north american car sector. year,e spent more than a all three countries have focused a lot of attention on the rules of origin. i want to take an opportunity to think the canadian negotiating team. rules of origin are really complicated. the landingachieve zone which we found, some big were required to be made by mexico in particular. progress,e important wasmost important progress in the rules of origin in the car sector. achieving a deal which requires a lot of flexibility for mexico. thank you for that. it has now put us in a place where we can move on to concluding, can move on to the other issues. the rules of origin agreement that was achieved has particular value for my government because has always been middle-class canadians and people working hard to join the middle class. we understand the pressures on working canadians in the 21st century economy. that working canadians have sometimes felt the trade agreement

economic growth of course there's nafta. in the early 1900s as ranking move the house agriculture committee i traveled with my dear friend, chairman he garza of texas to build support for the brand new north american free trait grade -- trade agreementment or nafta. a that the value of experts was $43 billion. since 1994 when nafta went into fuse the value of u.s. agriculture experts to canada has increased by 271%. to mexico by 305%. and in 2017, the total value of u.s. agriculture exports was over $138 billion. let me repeat. over the time that nafta has been enforced the total value of u.s. agriculture exports increased from 43 billion to over $138 billion. i have been encouraged to hear that the effort to modernize and strengthen nafta has been progressive. the announcement that the u.s. and mexico reached an agreement that will reserve the trading relationship the agriculture industry already enjoys, was certainly very welcome news. the light at the end of the tunnel. i know that our team at the office of u.s. trade rep

let me talk about and ask a question about nafta. we heard about the initial agreement with mexico which contains a zero tariff on u.s. agricultural exports to mexico however many of our agricultural products including dairy and apples and pork face substantial tariffs in mexico due to the steel and aluminum tariffs. what's the path forward and timeline to reach an agreement with mexico to resolve these tariffs in a key export market for our u.s. farmers? >> senator, i appreciate the ke. the answer is first of all, the section 232 tariffs are administered by the department of commerce, not by usgr. that's not really something that is in our job jar. >> i hope you will weigh in, though, because of the -- what's happening. >> i appreciate your comment. my understanding is that part of the discussion is on a separate track and not a part of what we're working on right now. >> really? okay. because unfortunately all of this is coming together from a producer's standpoint as you know. it hits -- doesn't matter which department or agency,

terms nafta 2.0, new nafta.f some trilateral deal does get done, do you think there is any way president trump cause it nafta 2.0? agreed nafta is the victim of a bad brand. was usmc.s suggestion i think the united states marine corps would object to that. if they want to work on a better brand, go for it. i do not think anyone inside the tent is wedded to it. host: springfield, virginia, republican. to -- ii just wanted know in the u.s. we get tied up asinternal politics and someone who looks a canada from the outside, there seems to be -- there is not as much of good pleasure -- displeasure. i am wondering if you think as he continues to delay an outcome dostretch this negotiation, think canada will find themselves in a better position or a worse position to negotiate a trade deal? guest: it is a fine line. negotiators have been clear since the beginning that this has body -- got to be a better deal when they leave them when they started. they cannot take shortcuts. been the school vice president obama -- vice

we said from the outset, our objective in these talks is to update and modernize nafta in a way that is good for canadians, good for americans, and good for mexicans. we know that a win-win-win agreement is within reach. that is what we are working toward. with goodwill and flexibility on all sides, i know we can get there. but, as the canadians have heard me say, i pay in canadian -- i am paid in canadian dollars, and my job is to ensure that disagreements for canadian workers, families and business. the government of canada will not sign an agreement unless it is good for canada and good for canadians. in conclusion and before answering your questions, i would like to thank ambassador lighthizer and his team. they have worked hard and in good faith with us for more than a year, including intense days this week. we have made good progress but there is still work to be done. >> we will take questions, please identify yourself. and your outlet. if you want to follow up, get back in line. [laughter] >> josh with bloomberg news, i want to ask what your message to the u.s. congress is no

let me ask you a question about nafta. we have heard about the initial however, with mexico, many of our u.s. agricultural products, including berries and -- pork, face a substantial tariffs in mexico, due to the steel and aluminum tariffs. what is the timeline to reach an agreement with mexico to resolve tariffs? >> i appreciate the question. section 232 tariffs are administered by the department of commerce. this is not really something that is in our job jar. >> but i hope you will consider what is happening. part of the discussion is on a separate tract, and not what we are working on right now. >> okay. because all of this is coming together from a producer standpoint. it does not matter which department -- it lands on them. they are deeply concerned. i would like to talk a little bit more and ask dr. johansson about the market facilitation program. i am anxious to see the methodology. i have a list of the commodities in michigan and their concerns in a number of ways. there are a number of things that are happening t

was hurt very badly by nafta. >> is nafta dead? >> nafta is not dead.his is a breakthrough in a general sense with mexico. they still have to get canada to sign onto it. there is a lot of progress that needs to be made in order to do that. administration officials have walked back toward the president said. the two agreements reached with mexico, 75% of auto content has to be made in the u.s. or mexico, presumably canada if they sign on. they are changing the ways they calculate that. it won't be this automatic big change. then sunset agreement. instead of the administration demand to end it after five years, it is a 16 year agreement. after six years, they will look at it. they still have to deal with canada, a dispute resolution ,and dairy, two big issues. >> president trump is googling himself today after he said "only shows the viewing of fake news media." googled responded they do not bias results toward any political ideology. >> like the president's twitter attacks, we can't totally ignore them, because he is the president. there is a germ of tru

your decimated that the elimination of nafta the reposition of auto tariffs would cause the canadian dollar to decline between eight and fifteen cents if you want a volatile. so this is this is in particular the imposition of a twenty five percent tariff rate on automobiles eight fifteen cent decline the canadian dollar visa v. the u.s. dollar and i mean the industry directly employs a rich one hundred forty thousand people and since there are so many banks across the border and so many cars are shipped to the united states it's one of our biggest exports and scott what is it about the proposed agreement that the canadians like there are so many there are so many things about this deal that kind of agrees with their changes to chapter eleven which the investor state to dispute resolution mechanism these things kind of supports the requirement to have forty five percent of a vehicle creations were produced by workers to make at least fourteen u.s. dollars per hour that's something that has introduced in previous runs a negotiation supported and certainly of the benefits canadian compa

and, of course, there's nafta. in the early 1900s, as ranking member of the r house agricultue committee, i traveled with my dear friend chairman la garza of texas to build support for the north american free trade agreement, or nafta. at that time the total value of u.s. agriculture exports was $43 billion. since 1994 when nafta went into force, the value of u.s. agriculture exports to canada has increased by 271%, to mexico by 305%, and in 2017 the total value of u.s. agriculture exports was over $138 billion. let me repeat that. over the time that nafta the has been in force, the total value of u.s. agriculture exports has increased from $43 billion to over $138 billion. i've been encouraged the to hear that the effort to modernize and strengthen nafta has been progressive. the announcement a couple of weeks ago that the u.s. and mexico have reached an agreement that will preserve the trading relationship, was certainly very welcome news, the light at the end of the tunnel, if you will. i know that our team at t

nafta was not an easy run. china, they were just beginning, we were moving up the ladder in terms of the economy. they were all challenging. we thought we were on the right track. >> challenging or obnoxious? [applause] >> obnoxious would be the french. >> the united states. every u.s. negotiator will tell you, you spend as much time negotiating within your own administration to move things forward the need to with any foreign party. >> good answer. >> they all were a piece of cake. [laughter] >> indian south africa because they didn't want to deal. >> we did the korean deal, that was just brutal. nothing compared to me going to before the fair trade caucus in congress. >> one commercial before we stop. that is, we are the trade guys we do a weekly podcast. , if you want to learn more, we are not as funny as these guys but we are working on it. tune in check out the website , for the trade guys. please thank our guests. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by

on friday, canada's foreign minister spoke with reporters about the state of nafta negotiations between the u.s., canada, and mexico. this was at the canadian embassy in washington dc. it is 20 minutes. >> thank you for coming. not glad to see you all sweltering in the heat. remarks anda few then i am happy to take questions. [in french] [in french] we are continuing to work harder, and we are making progress. we are not there yet. agreement, andex we are going to continue working at it. we said from the outset, our objective in these talks is to update and modernize nafta in a way that is good for canadians, good for americans, and good for mexicans. we know that a win-win agreement is within reach. that is what we are working toward. with goodwill infects ability all sides, i know we can get there. but, as the canadians have heard canadian pay in dollars, and my job is to ensure that disagreements for canadian workers, families and business. the government of canada will not sign an agreement unless it is good for canada and good for canadians. before answering your questions, i would

and, you know, it's been 25 years since nafta. what we have to think about, what things are going to look like in another 25 years. and i think the first piece of in this is, obviously, we keep the tariffs at zero. obviously, you know, the mantra of do no harm has been throughout this discussion. but in sanitary land, the issues that we deal with so very often between usda and ustr and agriculture, we've got to set the stage to improve the discussion and the dialogue in and a nafta and around the world, and i think we've done that with the additional ability to have conversations with regards to sps. and also, in particular, with ag biotechnology. the goal is to anticipate what we have coming around the corner in terms of the new gene editing technology, crisper, etc. and that, those are the areas that we work very hard on with mexico in this agreement. >> ambassador mckinney, beyond strengthening current agreements, we should be aggressively seeking new trade agreements with countries like japan, vietnam and the united kingdom. a

they're critical of nafta.e the type of independent, progressive voters that are -- have been critical of nafta dating back to the clinton administration. so that tension we're going to watch unfold within the midterm election for the fight of control of the democratic party, as well as into the next. and very quickly, i would just note from a political optics standpoint, this is a president who on the campaign trail repeatedly said he can't say he wants to tear up nafta, he wants to rip it out and states like michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, where we grew up, that hits close to home. >> it plays well. kevin, thanks for your time today. >>> coming up -- biden's back, as you saw. and he's not the only democrat fueling speculation about a possible 2020 run. the new display of transparency from elizabeth bauwarren about heritage and whether it affected her hiring. george woke up in pain. but he has plans today. hey dad. so he took aleve. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only alev

10, 15 years ago how bad nafta was.sing he would say that unions are losing membership for some time. part of that because we have such a strong economy at this point. i think there is a new dynamic playing out. a lot of americans, including union members about, not just 4.2% gdp print we had or consumer confidence is at an 18-year high, a lot of people have a i don't know, happy with their job and excited about the prospect for a better job. that is a dynamic we haven't had since the 1990s. i understand his hesitancy here. i think the negotiations are going the way the president would like, want ad bilateral agreement first with mexico at this point. makes his hand a lot stronger. cheryl: he struck a nerve with the president because the president tweeted about it after the interview aired, which i found interesting. read you what he said, president trump, he likes to get on twitter. richard trumka, head of afl-cio represented his union poorly on television this weekend. so of the things he said are so against the worki

we were flat on friday on nafta negotiations. the ftse 100 pushes higher as the british pound is weakening today. in italy, a sigh of relief that fitch only changes the credit watch to negative but keeps the rating two steps above junk. the british pound is the key want to watch, down as more concerns grip the market about brexit. prime minister theresa may saying there will be no second referendum. the euro up against the dollar. no end to the pain for the emerging markets. the argentine peso continues its tumble even though they say the i.m.f. will be there. there will be more taxes on exports to bring fiscal balance. but it is off three percentage points versus the dollar. a movement into u.k. debt. we have italian yields falling. bonds are rising. as i say, relief of the fitch lack of downgrade. brexit concerns continue to be front of mine for investors. the u.k. government is playing down reports mark carney will stay longer at the bank of england. how important is this steady hand of carney? it is interesting reports first

, the intellectual property protections from nafta, the service protections from the nafta, a mechanism for resolving disputes now called the wto, a copy of the nafta. so, it was an incentive. it was the template. is what we need today. is tragic we did not -- it is tragic we did not go forward on the trans-pacific partnership. you cannot look back. you have to look forward. my view is a plural lateral is marvelous to get a general agreement because others will want to have the same benefits and not have you have the preferential protections. >> i agree with all of them. looking at this through the eyes , when i wasrve here, we would always quote 95% of our exporters are small businesses. from that standpoint, for a small business that does not have the wherewithal of boeing or caterpillar, is it easier to give them one set of rules to do business may can understand or have to figure out a bunch of bilateral rules? ifould say for that reason, you can get something on a larger level, that makes it easier for the businesses which goes back to your point, sue, it makes us more competitive.

jason: this is your brain on nafta. here is editor matthew philips on what really went down behind the scenes. matthew: a major television moment but the president, which -- it was a bilateral deal with the mexicans. the canadians were not included. it was a big moment for trump , he had the press there. he was going to get the mexican president on the speakerphone, there were some communication issues, it made for an awkward moment. it seemed as if the mexican president was not on the line. staff scrambled to fix the connection. it was a microcosm of the past year of negotiations. nafta had been not well coordinated, wildly oversold, written by a president who just is wants to win. the optics for trump seems to be what is most important. jason: while president trump campaigned heavily on nafta and the renegotiation of the united states, the dissolution of this treaty, he was not personally involved along the way. who were the primary architects across the board and how did they play together among the countries? matthe

>> i'm a policy dork, so i could talk nafta all day. what is interesting is the president doesn't get a nafta deal, there is a backstop in terms of a crux of a u.s./canada trade deal they have to go to. there is a foundation in place in terms of what that would mean. from a policy impact, how it affects farmers, lumber, dairy farmers. that affects upstate new york as well as battleground states like michigan and wisconsin. politically, this is where it's interesting. i speak to a lot of progressives on the right. sherrod brown is a democrat up for re-election. they are known for nafta, not the popular streak within the republican party. a lot of interesting dynamics here. >> the president going on the tirade during senator mccain's funeral. then you have this powerful image of chief staff, john kelly, secretary mattis, standing side by side, consoling cindy mccain. trump's tight, lonely corner. what is going on here? what are you learning about the mood in the white house? >> the headline says it all. the president was extremely isolate

tpp was no good, nafta was worse. what we have to do is to educate americans about why trade matters. we get back to why the benefits flow in terms of the consumer, in terms of the humanitarian abroad, in terms of the security, and in terms of the economics. with 5% of the world's population we need to sell some of our stuff to the 95% that live beyond our borders, and the other thing that we need to do, we've already discussed, if you how to help those folks who are trying to navigate an economy that is changing rapidly, and they must be retrained, have lifetime retraining, in fact, as we move forward. >> okay. last question because we are out of time. requires only one word response. and that is, what is the most challenging country that you had need to negotiate with? >> actually -- one word. >> pick a country. >> pick any old country? we regard them all as challenging. >> pick a country. [laughing] >> soviet union and that it broke apart, 50 republics. we had to renegotiate. nafta was not as easy as iran, and chin

nafta was a disaster. we lost thousands of plants. we lost millions of jobs. nafta was a disaster.

and mexico and is it really that different from the current nafta deal well involves two things that let me answer the second one first the new death to deal is actually a very small modification of the old nafta deal it's been dressed up to look like it's a big deal for political reasons and this is one of the reasons why i think the business community will be so relieved to see that there hasn't been there won't be too much disruption to their supply chains there's enough meat in here which has been given to the trade unions however that they will be supportive of this particular deal when it goes before congress and what about. the negotiating tactics of president trump and particularly the pressure. that he's been putting on on canada this week to to reach a deal this week what effect what do you make of that what effect is it having so they're negotiating to. actives of the trumpet ministrations a classic power play they've essentially divided canada and mexico mexico needed to have a deal quickly before their current president leaves office and that required signature by the en

the talks, nafta trade negotiations are set to begin again between canada and the u.s. on wednesday. >> did the president's leaked off the record remark impact or damage those talks? reporter: they certainly didn't help them. the informal deadline was friday, the deadline set by the trump administration, and obviously that deadline came and went without a deal between the u.s. and canada. the remarks that president trump made to bloomberg news off the record leaked to a canadian newspaper and they really did seem to upend days of negotiations. they even moved the markets. according to the "toronto star" president trump told bloomberg news he's not compromising with canada when it comes to nafta talks. he said he couldn't say that publicly because it would be so insulting. the "star" reports that trump's comments were viewed by canadian negotiators as evidence for their suspicion that the u.s. was not making a legitimate offer to compromise and that canadian officials confronted u.s. officials about the remarks during a high level meeting friday morning. the president is

nafta was a defective deal that it was signed. they had a fat tax of 70% and no one from this country do that. by the time they found out, which was about a week later, nobody went and changed it so you went many years and they never changed. it was a vat tax that mexico got . we were 17 or 16 points behind before we even started.

they say there is a section on it about nafta.nd that the president instructed or at least expressed his frustrations to rob porter, then the staff secretary at the time. the president saying that he wanted to get out of nafta and do so quickly. this is the post's write-up about this section, they say, quote, under orders from the president, porter drafted a notification letter withdrawing from nafta but he and other advisors worried it could trigger an economic and foreign relations crisis. so porter consulted cohen, that being gary cohn, who told him according to woodward. i can stop this. i will just take the paper off of his desk. now the white house press secretary sarah sanders responded to this book in general, just a little while ago and this was her take on it, quote this book is nothing more than fabricated stories, many by former disgruntled employees told to make the president look bad. just starting to get some excerpts of this book coming out. it will be a talker here at the white house for days, if not weeks to come

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alan: so class of seven will be gone in a final nafta? sonny: i think it should be and i think it will be gone and we have been very clear with that in my conversation with ambassador light hauser. i think that is there. trade conflicts are going on. the usda started a sign up for trade mitigation. $6.3 million. you have always place the day after labor day, but in many parts of the country, harvest is not underway yet. how is this a practical program to roll out this soon? sonny: it has to start some time. combines are starting even in the hartline after labor day. we think farmers, in order to market their crops, need to know. you also know that the wheat crop has already been harvested. sweet cherries have been harvested. other crops have already been harvested. we cannot change the harvest season. we had to start at the beginning and i wanted to give -- i kind of imposed the labor day deadline on us for the program because i think that farmers, they have to make plans about how they harvest and manage and market their crops and i thou

on counting the cost after a week of nafta talks we'll look at the impact donald trump's trade policy is having globally plus why celebrity social media influencers have a new set of online followers advertising regulate. count you know cost. i'm. sure you know. some of the like. welcome back you're watching i'll just arabs the whole robin to remind of our top stories the saudi and overall she led coalition fighting in yemen has admitted it made mistakes in an asteroid called a school bus last month forty children were amongst fifty one people killed in the attack in southern province the coalition says those responsible must be held accountable. the united states is cancelling three hundred million dollars in aid to pakistan because it says the country is providing a safe haven for armed groups pakistan denies it's giving taliban linked fighters in afghanistan a place to regroup after launching offensives. america's political elites have attended the funeral of john mccain leaders from across the political divide remember the late arizonan senator and vietnam prisoner of war presiden

amanda: light heiser and the -- canadian foreign minister rn continued nafta talks. it is not expected they will hit a deal this week. nadine officials are downplaying the deadline. tillman forjennifer more. she is a professor of law at georgetown law center. great to have you with us for this. what i want to ask is whether the deadline is real. we are seeing the canadian team downplaying it. there is a reality here. think the deadline is real. it is a function of a couple of things. there was a hope that this agreement could be signed by the existing president in mexico, who leaves office on the 30th of november. the question was could you get an agreement ready for him to and the his successor second issue driving this is u.s. law that says whatever the agreement is has to be given to our congress 60 days before it can be actually signed. of wantingombination it to be signed by the existing the text pushing for out by the 30th of september. neither of those deadlines are critical. if we are not going to reach at this juncture when it comes to canada what leverage d