nafta. it was over two decades old and in need of fine-tuning, but it set the stage between our countries. it resulted in our countries intertwined, creating jobs and prosperity on all sides of the border. today, we have usmca. or in canada we like to call it ausm. nafta. the new do specifics, it is a strong agreement that was only reached by a tremendous effort from all parties involved. picked to you today about the importance of ratifying a new deal that has already been negotiated. why is it so important that we proceed? over 14 million jobs depend on free trade between our countries . these jobs are in our communities. they are our residents, and their success is our success. our three countries represent a $21 trillion, 480 million consumers. think about that. the largest economic region in the world. quarter of the world's gdp but only 7% of the total world population. imagine. canada is the number one customer of 36 u.s. states and in the top three for 48 states. canada buys more fro

nafta is in need of a update. ofognizing it has become out date, the president trump promised to fix it. we were able to succeed. we successfully concluded negotiations to replace nafta with the usmca. withgreement was signed president trump and prime minister trudeau. the state-of-the-art agreement reflects the administration for free pharmaceutical trade. includes far-reaching obligations to ensure fairness and reciprocity, modernize the agreement to promote the 21stcentury economy, strengthen the agreement to combat nonmarket practices that put american workers and companies at an unfair disadvantage. across the board, usmca is better for workers, farmers, businesses small and large more men nafta or any other trade agreement the u.s. is ever negotiated. the agreement not only keeps most tears to zero, does more to eliminate barriers and unfair subsidies. it contains the best digital services and intellectual property chapters the u.s. has ever negotiated hands down. these provisions not only help to preserve t

pre-nafta or the new deal, but i will not allow nafta. nafta was a horrible deal for this country. you look at these scars all over our country. you go to new england, ohio, pennsylvania. you see what happened in north carolina. you have factories reeling from nafta. the usmca is a good deal. pre-nafta we had huge surpluses with mexico. with nafta we have huge deficits. we'll lose $100 billion a year on trade with mexico. does that sound good? this has been going on many years, so i stopped it. you said the wall was being held hostage by democrats. is there anything you would have done differently? pres. trump: no. could i have done it differently? no, not really. by having a shutdown we have set the table for what we are now. if i had not come up would not understand the subject. now they understand the subject. they understand what a humanitarian crisis it is. it is called setting the table. for setting the stage. we have set the stage for what will happen on the 15th of february. i do not think they will make a deal. we are not giving one dime to the wall. that is ok. but if the

i can live pre-nafta, too. the only thing i can't live with is nafta. i could live pre-nafta, before nafta appeared before everyone left new england on all of the different places, ohio, pennsylvania, i mean, you still have empty steel factory is all over the place. i can live pre-nafta very easily. but the only thing i'm not living with is is nafta. that was one of the worst trade deals ever made. american those are taxpayer dollars which you consider mexico paying for the wall? president trump: many times over. the usmca will make in the form that we right now are losing approximately 100, hard to believe, this doesn't include the drugs pouring in which is a much higher number than anybody would even know, in addition to destroying lives and families so horribly. we are losing close to $100 billion a year. on trade with mexico. for many years. not only that, they have a tax of 17%. we don't have a tax. so, they have a value-added tact x of 17%. we don't have that tax. that deal was bad the day it was made. because they charged a tax before the deal wa

the only thing i can't live with is nafta. i can live pre nafta, before nafta. before everybody left new england and left all of the different places, ohio, pennsylvania. i mean, you still have empty steel factories all over the place and other factories. i can live pre nafta very easily. but the only thing i'm not living with is nafta. that was one of the worst trade deals ever made. >> so those are american taxpayer dollars, which you consider essentially mexico paying for the wall. >> well, many, many times over. look, the usmca will make in the form that we right now are losing approximately 100 -- hard to believe. and this doesn't include the drugs pouring in, which is probably a much higher number than anybody would even know, in addition to destroying lives and families so horribly. we are losing close to $100 billion a year. on trade with mexico. for many years. not only that, they have a tax of 17%. we don't have a tax. so they have a value-added tax of 17%. we don't have a tax of 17%. that deal was bad the day it was made. because they charged a tax be

nafta left our country dry. nafta was a disaster. i campaigned on either terminating or renegotiating nafta. bob lighthizer and jared kushner and a whole group of people did an incredible job. they did an incredible job. now, we have a deal that's great for our country. by the way, good for mexico, good for canada, also, three countries, as you know. we will be taking in billions and billions of more money for the united states, including jobs, including companies that won't be leaving us any more and going to mexico and, in some cases, canada, to a lesser extent. we lost 25% of our car business because of nafta. nafta was a disaster. now, we have the usmca, united states, mexico, and canada trade agreement. it is brand-new. it is totally different. it makes it very difficult for companies to incentivize a move to other countries. we will be making billions and billions of dollars a year more money. >> why not -- >> and that is paying -- excuse me. because i didn't have to. it is paying for the wall. many, many times over. in fact, w

if you went back to pre-nafta, that would be okay, pre-nafta or the new deal. but i wouldn't do nafta. you look at these scars all over our country where you go to new england, you go to ohio, you go to pennsylvania, you see what happened in north carolina. you have factories that are still empty with what happened with nafta. nafta was a horrible deal. the usmca is a great deal. but pre-nafta, we had huge surpluses with mexico. with nafta we have huge deficits. we lose $100 billion a year on trade with mexico. does that sound good? this has been going on for many years. so i stopped it. >> you said the wall is being stopped by the democrats. is there anything you would have done differently? >> could i have done it differently? no. i think by having the shutdown, we've set the table for where we are now. if i didn't do the shutdown, people wouldn't know, they wouldn't understand the subject. now they understand the subject. they realize what a humanitarian crisis it is. it's called, like in deal-making, setting the table. or setting the stage. we've set the st

but i won't allow nafta. nafta was a horrible deal for this country. you look at the scars all over our country. where you go to new england, you go to ohio, you go to pennsylvania, you see what -- i mean what happened in north carolina. you have factories that are still empty from what happened with nafta. nafta was a horrible deal. the usmca is a great deal. but prenafta, we had huge surpluses with mexico. with nacht fta, we had huge deficits. we lose $100 billion a year on trade with mexico. does that sound good? this has been going on for many years. so i stopped it. i stopped it a lot. >> you said the wall is -- [ inaudible question ] >> no, there's nothing. look, they had this from -- yes, could i have done it differently? no, not really. i think by having the shutdown, we've set the table. for where we are now. if i didn't do the shutdown, people wouldn't know. they wouldn't understand the subject. now they understand the subject. they realize what a humanitarian crisis it is. it's called like in deal making setting the table. or, you know, sett

nafta left our country dry. nafta was a disaster. i campaigned on terminating or renegotiating nafta. bob lighthizer and jared kushner and a lot of people did an incredible job. now we have a deal that is great for our country. by the way, good for mexico, good for canada also. it's the three countries. we will be taking in billions and billions of dollars more money for the united states including jobs and including companies that won't be leaving us anymore and going to mexico and in some cases canada to a lesser extent. but we lost 25% of our car business because of nafta. nafta was a disaster. now we have the usmca. united states mexico and canada trade agreement. it's brand new. it's totally different. makes it very difficult for companies to incentive-wise move to other countries. and we will be making billions and billions of dollars a year more money. >> so why not use that for the wall? >> because i didn't have to. because that is paying for the wall. many, many times over. in fact, what we save on the usmca, the new trade d

pre-nafta we had huge surpluses with mexico. with nafta we have huge deficits we lose $100 billion a year on trade with mexico. does that sound good it has been going on for many years. i stopped it a lot >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> no. look could i have done it differently? not really i think by having the shutdown we have set the table for where we are now if i didn't do the shutdown people couldn't know, wouldn't understand the subject now they understand the subject. they understand what a crisis it is it is called setting the table like in deal making or setting the stage. we have set the stage for what will happen on the 15th of february i don't think they are going to make a deal. i see what's happening they have saying let's do this that's okay but if they are not going to get money for the wall it's not going to work if it's not going to work the politicians are wasting a lot of time okay >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> i would do it we have money, just so you understand we are building the wall right

go back to something preceding nafta. nafta, let's face it, had economic benefits on both sides. united states, canada, mexico would be hurt. would enough of them be hurt people say it is catastrophe or disaster? i doubt it. it would not be economic progression. connell: we overuse those words. it doesn't have to be a disaster. we're used to speaking this way, everything is a disaster. doesn't mean it won't be damaging. >> remains to be scene whether the grassley is right, democrats would be forced to act. not clear it would to me they would. connell: certainly not in the government shutdown. dan, thank you. melissa. melissa: defending relations with saudi arabia. secretary of state mike pompeo stressing support for our u.s. ally. why he says it is crucial to keeping american people safe. that's next. >>> plus be prepared to act. new fallout after the national security council reportedly weighed military options against iran. ♪ ♪ ♪ i can do more to lower my a1c. because my body can still make its own insulin. and i take trulicity once a week to activate my body to release it, lik

but i won't allow nafta. nafta was a horrible deal for this country. you look at the scars all over our country, where you go to new england, ohio, you go to pennsylvania, you see what happened in north carolina. you have factories that are still empty. from what happened with nafta. nafta was a horrible deal. the usmca is a great deal. but prenafta, we had huge surpluses with mexico. with nafta we have huge deficit deficits. we lose $100 billion a year on trade with mexico. does that sound good? that's been going on for many years. so i stopped it. >> reporter: you said it's been held hostage by the democrats. but >> president trump: could have done it different the? no, not really. i think by having the shut down we have set the table. for where we are now. if i didn't do the shut down, people wouldn't know or understand the subject. now they understand the subject. they realize what a humanitarian crisis it is. it's called in dealmaking, setting the table. or setting the stage. we set the stage for what's going to happen on the 15th of february. i d

so we lost 25% of our car business because of nafta. nafta was a disaster. now we have the usmca, the united states, mexico, and canada trade agreement. it's brand new. it's totally different. it makes it very difficult for companies to incentivize -- incentive-wise move to other countries and we'll be making billions and billions of dollars a year more money. that is paying for the wall. many, many, times over. in fact, what we save on the new trade deal we have mexico and canada, what we save of that just with mexico will pay for the wall many times over just in a period of a year, two years, three years. so i view that as absolutely mexico is paying for the wall. and that's fine. >> will you be pressuring -- president trump: yes, ma'am. reporter: you ran your campaign saying the wall would be paid for by mexico and it would be made of concrete. right now you're saying the wall could be made of steel and the government is shut down because you want the taxpayers to pay for the wall. president trump: a nice question, beautifully asked, i just answered it. r

nafta left our country dry. nafta was a disaster. i campaigned on either terminating or renegotiating nafta. bob lighthauser and jared kushner did an incredible job. now we have a deal that's great for our country and good for mexico and canada also. as you know, it's the three countries. we will be taking in billions and billions more money for the united states, including jobs, including companies that won't be leaving us anymore and going to mexico and in some cases canada to a lesser extent, but we lost 25% of our car business because of nafta. nafta was a disaster. now we have the usmca, the united states, mexico and canada trade agreement. it's brand new. it's totally different. it makes it very difficult for companies to incentivize, move to other countries and we will be making billions and billions a year more money. >> so why not use that for the wall? >> because i didn't have to. that is paying for the wall. many, many times over. in fact, what we save on the usmca, the new trade deal we have with mexico and canada, what w

so we lost 25% of our car business because of nafta. nafta was a disaster. ow we have the u.s. -- the usmca, the united states, mexico, and canada trade agreement. it's brand new. it's totally different. it makes it very difficult for ompanies to incentivize -- incentive-wise move to other countries and we'll be making billions and billions of dollars a year more money. that is paying for the wall. many, many, times over. in fact, what we save on the new trade deal we have mexico and canada, what we saven of that just with mexico will pay for the wall many times over just in a period of a year, two years, three years. so i view that as absolutely mexico is paying for the wall. and that's fine. > will you be pressuring -- president trump: yes, ma'am. reporter: you ran your campaign saying the wall would be paid for by mexico and it would be made of concrete. right now you're saying the wall could be made of steel and the government is shut down because you want the taxpayers to pay for the wall. president trump: a nice question, beautifully asked, i just answ

nafta really isn't a contributing factor.over the last 30 years, really since the early 1980s, almost 40 years, immigration has been a big issue in this country. we have had surges of illegal immigration, we have had legalization, we had massive increases in border security, there are about six times as many border patrol agents today as there were in 1986 when reagan did his amnesty but we had many many more illegal immigrants because we have not made it easier to come to this country legally. we have made it more difficult. that's the number one issue we should be talking about if we want to solve this issue going forward. host: cato institute, c-a-t-o, cato.org online. always appreciate your time. guest: thank you for having me. [ no audio ] [ no audio ]

you have the worst trade deal in nafta. -- millions ofds jobs. now, we have a great trade deal billions of dollars a year will be made now as opposed to nafta which was a disaster. everybody knows that. >> [indiscernible] impressive than anything are the agents themselves. these people are incredible. when you meet them, it is different. they are a great group of people. they happen to be very good-looking i have to say. they are smart, tough and have the whole package. they are impressive. i have met a lot of them. loaded left a big room up with ice. these are incredible people. when i meet them here as opposed to the white house, they do an incredible job. [inaudible] have you met with any of them? >> we have. most people want them. there may be some pocket were people disagree. to see how we do through congress. is so clearit, it and perfect, i would rather not do it. this should be easy to get approved through congress. the same people holding it up have approved it many times a four. they approved it just a few years ago. the reason is becau

they are all talking about nafta. the collection is a great resource for anyone trying to learn about it. we have boxes of briefings and opinions and information about it that was sent to him in order for him to make that decision. becauseort of undecided he did not want businesses in the united states to move from the united states to countries like mexico at the time. ofid not have as strong labor and environmental laws. -- they did not have as strong of labor and environmental laws. that was where he was waffling on his decision. some other documents that we have, this is something a staff member wrote him. it was talking about how he would get a call from the president the next day. the president would ask him to vote for nafta. this one is interesting because it is telling him that the president is asking what he wants in return for his boat. it even says that that is not something that brown usually does. but, if he wanted to, he offered him some things to ask for. guaranteeing that labor rights would be include

nafta left our country dry. nafta was a disaster. i campaigned on other terminating or renegotiating nafta. and, bob lighthizer and jared kushner and a whole group of people did an incredible job. they did an incredible job. now we have a deal great for our country. >> by the way good for mexico and good for canada also. you know it is three countries. we will be taking in billions and billions of dollars of more money for the united states including jobs, including companies that won't be leaving us anymore and going to mexico and in some cases canada to a lesser extent. but we lost 25% of our car business because of nafta. nafta was a disaster. now we have the usmca. the united states mexico and canada trade agreement. it's brand new. it's totally different. it makes it very difficult for companies to incentivize to move to other countries and we will be making billions and billions of dollars a year more money. >> so why don't did you -- >> excuse me. because i didn't have to. that is paying for the wall. many, many times over. in

paying for the wall because the trade deal is billions and billions of dollars better than the old nafta deal. mexico is absolutely paying for the wall.

nafta was a disaster. i campaigned on repealing or renegotiating nafta, and bob lighthizer, jared kushner, a lot of people did an incredible job. now we have a deal that is great for our country. by the way, it is good for mexico and canada also, the three countries. we will be taking in billions in moreions of dollars money for the united states, including jobs and companies that won't be leaving us anymore and going to mexico and in some cases, canada, to a lesser extent. but we lost 25% of our car business because of nafta. nafta was a disaster. now we have the usmca, the united states mexico and canada trade agreement. it is brand-new, totally different, it makes it very difficult for companies to incentive wise move to other countries, and we will be making billions and billions of dollars a year more money. >> [inaudible] president trump: excuse me, because i didn't have to. that will be paying for the wall. in fact, what we say on the usmca, the new trade deal with --ico and canada, we save what we

one, renegotiate nafta, get rid of nafta. two, encounter this ascendant china.nd three was get rid of tpp. >> well, actually -- >> here's what i want to ask. you have been quite successful, the administration has, in renegotiating -- i mean, you have the usmca, which is a feather in the cap. you have a renegotiated korea deal. why not renegotiate tpp in a way that works with all of our economic allies in the region? because if you know anything about china, as you do, most people who know china think that if there were a regional economic alliance that didn't include them, they would do everything they could to join it and that you could use that leverage in order to exact certain outcomes. >> true. >> isn't there an opportunity for the trump administration to make tpp better? >> we are, effectively, renegotiating tpp within the context of bilateral negotiations. >> are you working on a bilateral with japan? >> yes. that's already been announced. >> yeah. >> this is -- i mean, this is like -- peoples heads are spinning, because, you know, initially, everybody, i

pre-nafta we had huge surpluses with mexico. with nafta we have huge deficits.100 billion a year on trade with mexico. does that sound good? this has been going on for many years here so i stopped there. [inaudible] -- held hostage. is there anything you would have done differently? >> could have done it differently? no, not really. by having the shutdown we set the table to where we are now. if i didn't do the shutdown people would know. they wouldn't understand the subject. now they understand the subject. they realize what a humanitarian crisis it is. it's called setting the table or setting the stage. we've set the stage for what's going to happen on the 15th of february. i don't think they're going to make a deal. let's do this but were not getting one dime for the wall. that's okay. but if they're not going to give money for the wall it's not going to work and if it's not going to work the politicians are wasting a lot of time. okay. [inaudible conversations] >> i would do that. we have money just so you understand. people don't know that nobody reports it

nafta was a disaster i campaigned on either terminating or renegotiating nafta, and bob lighthizer ander and a whole group of people did an incredible job. they did an incredible job, and now we have a deal that's great for our country, and by the way, good for mexico, good for canada also as you know, it's the three countries. we will be taking in billions and billions of dollars more money for the united states including jobs, including companies that won't be leaving us anymore and going to mexico and in some cases canada to a lesser extent, but we lost 25% of our car business because of nafta. nafta was a disaster now we have the u.s. mca it's united states, mexico, and canada trade agreement it's brand new it's totally different it makes it very difficult for companies to incentive wise move to other countries, and we will be making billions and billions of dollars a year more money >> so why not do that for the wall >> excuse me because i didn't have to many, many times over, in fact, what we save on the usmca, the new trade deal we have with mexico and canada, what we save on th

he's really with nafta overall has the trump impact on the flow of free trade the as big as as thought or fear depending on where you sit on this one well there were many people who said when trump was elected his campaign promises were never going to be realized that he was just making threats in order to be elected and that he would govern like a sensible republican and those people have been proven wrong he clearly is protectionist he clearly is trying to rewrite the rules of international trade and he's willing to act recklessly and contra confrontation lee in order to do so if you want to say take the other extreme clearly the world trading system you know hasn't collapsed yet clearly he hasn't pulled out of nafta like he threatened to that he's struck a second rate replacement deal and it remains to be seen how the trade war with china with pat will pan out also he's pulled back for now from a trade war with the e.u. though i fear that is going to be reignited later this year how successful has he been in returning the u.s. manufacturing base back home from other countries partic

. >> that's right, and the president renegotiated the nafta agreement, now the u.s./mexico/canada agreement in a way that it will benefit the united states in jobs and tax revenues. >> that's not what he said. he didn't say he would renegotiate a deal -- >> jon, we've also negotiated a new arrangement with mexico going forward that, when individuals come into this country and come to this country and apply for asylum, they'll be able to remain in mexico while they're going through the judicial process. as i sit here today, democrats refuse to even negotiate to end the shutdown and address the border crisis. and it's time they came back to the table. >> mr. vice president, thank you. thank you for your time. >> thank you, jon. >> thanks. >> and jon, you pressed the vice president pretty hard there and

in a case of new nafta agreement, the rules of origin requirement was increased. and currency clauses which may have implication s for monetary policy should be avoided because it continues to be expansionary, and there's no possibility at this point to exit from this ultra easy monetary policy. and now it's very vital for japan to maintain independent monetary policy, and japan will be ready to accept a comprehensive fta deal, not simply on goods, services, investment, you know, other -- other issues, and japan can import more gas and -- also earlier, there was a discussion on the imports of military equipment which japan is doing. and japan can further open the agriculture market to the extent of original tpp and japan-eu epa deals. maybe japan could go a bit more if necessary. japan can invest more in auto plants in the united states to expa expand automobile industry capacity in the united states. so my conclusion, mr. trump has been very tough against china, but so far against canada, mexico, the eu, and japan, the u.s. has been less tough which is -- which i

you had the worst trade deal anywhere in the world in nafta. we lost thousands of businesses. millions of jobs. millions of jobs. you go up to new england, you go to ohio, you go to pennsylvania, you look at those factories that were wiped out. and now we have a great trade deal. and it will take in and we will -- look, billions and billions of dollars a year will be made now as opposed to nafta which was a disaster. you know that. everybody knows that. >> mr. president, now that -- [ inaudible question ] >> i think more impressive than anything is the agents, themselves. these people are incredible. we have -- you hear about them and when you meet them, it's different. you meet these people. they're a great group of people. they happen to be very good looking. i have to say that. they're good looking people. they're smart, they're tough. they are the whole package. i met a lot of them. we just left a big room loaded up with border patrol and i.c.e. and law enforcement. these are incredible people. they're incredible people. you know, there's something different when i meet th

he said that before nafta was even signed, mexico got 17% taxes. he can go read nafta.f i'm going to go to the bathroom and urinate and defecate and put it on a plate, i know it is not good for me to eat. this is crazy. host: kenny, what industry do you work in? in -- but myk thing is this, we have a president that is out of control , the talks crazy to his cabinet and the other cabinet and everybody is scared to speak up to him. he is ill literate -- illiterate. we go along with it. all of the races people, lack and white, -- racist people, black and white, blue and green, are supporting him, and the good people are sitting back and letting him destroy the company. i do not even call him the president. you do not win nothing by cheating. before nafta, before the common law era, it was understood he was making billions of dollars, so he say, but he can't pay his taxes. host: benjamin is calling from grenada, mississippi, staying in his current job. caller: good morning, how are you? host: just fine, go ahead. caller: i'm going to stay at my job. i have been there 30 yea

he's renegotiating nafta with mexico and then with canada. he thinks that our trade policy is part of our security policy. you can't have national security without economic security, and vice versa. and nafta is 24 years old. he thinks it's very unfair to our workers. he thinks it's unfair to our interests and that it needs to be modernized and more reciprocal and equitable to americans. a lot of americans agree. >> and we will take that up with one of the leaders of the global financial community, christine lagarde. kellyanne conway, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. thank you. >> revealing insights from a formidable washington insider. and as i said, we're taking up some of the economics with another powerful washington player, christine lagarde. she is the managing director of the international monetary fund, where she's trying to hold the line against new american trade moves and keep the global economy humming along. lagarde believes passionately that equality is an economic game-changer, as well. lis

and now we have a great trade deal and billions and billions of dollars per year now as opposed to nafta. everybody knows that. but more impressive than anything that these people are incredible when you read these people is different they are a great group of people. i have to say that they are smart and tough with the whole package it is impressive. and loaded up with border patrol and law enforcement. and then to see you at the white house. they do an incredible job. . >> at the border have you met with any of them? . >> i guess they could have some pockets. >> i will see how we do going through congress been a national emergency is going to congress. it is so clear and so perfect i would rather not do it the same people that are holding it up they approved it just a few years ago now all of a sudden they are not? because they know they will lose in 2022 not lose but that will not happen. >> will you take any time to see the detention facility? . >> and certainly would i would stop there if we could we have to ask the secret service but i would certainly stop there. that's not a bad i

american taxpayer will because as the president says and explained see the follow up deal of nafta is not even ratified by congress and democrats have already said they have questions and we'll have some kind of opposition to the to rectifying this the number one and secondly he got his facts wrong there too it doesn't work like this that if you have revenue or more tax income from a trade deal you make that this will be earmarked for a border wall so this is not going to happen that any followup deal from for nafta for the we'll pay for the water what will be if he gets what he want the american taxpayer who will pay for the border wall which will be. actually there for him to what he promised in his campaign that mexico will pay well the mexicans as you know have said no way that they will be paying ok in the run up to this address there was a lot of speculation that donald trump would declare a national emergency to allow him to build the wall without congressional approval he didn't mention that in this speech is that still an option. that is still an option but more so maybe in h

[applause] was onet trump: nafta of the worst trade deals ever made by a country.t killed our country. this will increase imports from weeds, chicken from georgia, dairy from wisconsin, product from farmers and ranchers all over our country. as part of the usmca, canada agreed to give their treatment to american wheat farmers. they will now great american wheat -- grade american wheat just like they do their own wheat. much, that does not mean but to farmers it means a lot. that is what they tell me. i say what can we do? they say "wheat." even the nfl was having a hard time with canada. it had to do with the super bowl. i heard about it and i asked about it. it was a lot of money but it was tiny compared to the overall deal with canada and mexico. it was one of the things, you have to treat them fairly. we had the dispute over the national anthem. that seems to have worked out properly. that is great. i give them credit for that now. listen, when you go to canada, you have to ask for this thing. they are not treating our company rights. that was the nfl, a big com

even labor south of our border earn less now than before nafta passed. there's more poverty here and there as the transnationals shipped our jobs out to earn higher profits by gutting our workforce while exploiting workers in mexico and central america. on both sides of the borner, workers lose and investors win. this is a map of the laredo checkpoint. there are 16 leans of traffic just at that one point on our border. the problem is the -- lanes of traffic just at that one point on that border. we need more agencies to check cargo but we also need technology to find the hidden narcotics that are there. in addition to that, we see china shipping fentanyl and carfentanyl in our country including through the u.s. mail so we have no scientific way of detecting those killer drugs. so if you really want to look at solving the problem, it's important for the president to know that legal ports of entry are the primary route through which illicit drugs arrive here in our country. there are 48 such crossing points, plus 330 ports of entry along the u.s.-mexico bo

his had a t p p got a set of nafta renegotiated nafta he got a set of some of dodd frank signed legislation making it easier community banks so things are firing a pretty good of course china and the government shutdown and the mala report are all the pediment the road ahead we'll see where it leads and that's a good synopsis of biased i think in some parts there but you got some of that. but i get to steve and look i agree i mean a lot of those things were absolutely good and the president may have helped what he certainly didn't do any harm the one might be on the trade stuff and maybe we'll talk about that a little bit more but the books still on written on that right danielle last time you were here i think you said that you could see another rally coming my question to you is one what would be the circumstances which would sort of set the table for such a rally and two are we talking about a short lived rally or something that might exist for several months. so what i'm looking for is is honestly it's going to come back to this earnings season so last week the banks started reporting e

europe china these are not good you know yes we he did say that he struck a new deal with nafta you know with the china and i started with canada and mexico to replace nafta but i think it's basically a minor change you basically did not win that fight and you just let left bad feelings on both sides so he withdrew from the trans-pacific partnership agreement which is a big deal so now i think we're going to see through time is that the u.s. will be increasingly isolated and you'll have china making trade deals with japan and south america with with europe canada so the u.s. will just become a minor you know we can take on the entire global economy in terms of fighting so hard so many experts say that. you know whatever is going on right now in the u.s. the country will be locked in a partisan bickering for two years to come at least you feel like this is just a taste and you know it's going to be getting i think everything that's wrong has been and all his associates. will be. brought back up by the democrats in the house in hearings so you'll have. because the republicans were running