there areou think drastic differences between old and new nafta? guest: there are modernizations and there are some things in the new nafta that i do not like, but i think it is an up needed version. how old was nafta? 25 years old? and needed to be modernized but it is not substantially different. all the more reason to get it done. it helps canada, new mexico, and u.s.. city, northlizabeth carolina. republican line, ray you are up first. caller: thank you for taking the call. first of all i want to thank the heritage foundation for all of their hard work that they do. it is excellent. guest: very nice of you to say that. i hope to people go and see some of the research we have done. caller: i totally support trump and his efforts. i totally agree with you, because this man is the best answer for our economy. compare that with what the democrats are offering. they are offering socialism, they want big government and high taxes to pay for it. -- has revolutionized this economy and is the best person, the best person to keep this economy going. than

i don't want to answer that question because you know how i feel about nafta. i think nafta is the worse trade deal ever made but i think the world trade organization was not one of the greats. not one of the greats. that was the creation of china which went like a rocket ship from the day they signed. it was -- it was terrible. but, no, we're going to find out. that is going to be a very interesting question. with nancy and chuck and all of these people focusing on the witch hunt, because they can't beat us at the ballot. they can't beat us at the ballot and they're not going to win the presidential. we have great polls. internal polls. ohio, iowa, pennsylvania is looking good. north carolina. we just won two races that a lot of people we thought would lose both of those races. one was down 17 points three weeks before the rasz and he ended up winning by a substantial margin. by a substantial margin. and dan bishop -- and then we had a second race as you know. and he was up one or two points and he ended up winning by what was it? 25 points or some incredible

fix the rules if we only fix nafta. in 2019, 20 and beyond, the american labor movement will be engaging in a full-court press a wide range of economic policies that advance good jobs, higher wages, great methods on the freedom to form a union. starting with the passage of the pro act the most aggressive labor law reform since the national labor relations act. working people are fighting every day. we are fighting with every ounce of energy that we have two reclaim what is rightfully that of the working people. so this labor day we aren't going to settle for anything less than the workers deserve and having said that i will be happy to open up for questions. >> thanks very much. i will open up with a question and open the floor if anybody wants to throw it out i will put you on the list. after that big labor convention he told the crowd that canada must be pro worker and per union to win the al -- al cao's endorsement so how do you rank the top democrats in the race with warren sanders and buttigieg. you said bernie san

yeah, i voted for nafta then and had my own disappointments about how it was implemented. all trade agreements need to have strict enforcement or else you're just having a conversation. you're just having a press release. you're not having any progress for america's working families. so i appreciate your question, because what i've said is this cannot be the old nafta with a little sugar on top and say we've renegotiated it if it's not going to make the difference it needs to make in the lives of america's working families. and that's what our priority is. but america's working families are not served well by the suppression of workers in other countries, because that just draws facilities to the other countries if the other workers are not respected or paid. so in any case, we think we're making progress. reporter: what does that enforcement look like? rep. pelosi: you'll see when we come to it, but it has to be enforcement within the agreement. the difference is, if you have a side bar letter that says we're going to have enforcement, that does not have the force of a tr

. >> you think there are differences between old nafta and new nafta?>> guest: not really, there's modernizations, there's things in the new nafta i th don't like but on balance i think it's an updated version . how old was that, 25 years ago? did need to be modernized but not substantially different. a little bit improved but all the more reason to get it done and it helps canada, helped mexico, helped the us and helps our strategic position in the world. >> host: a call from elizabeth in north carolina, republican line. >> caller: thank you for taking the call. first of all i want to thank the heritage foundation for do. their hard work that they the heritage foundation is an excellent, excellent organization. >> we are proud of what we do and i hope people go to heritage.org and see the research we do . >> i totally support trump and his efforts. i totally agree with you, totally agree because this man is the best answer for our economy. i mean, compare that with what the democrats are offering. democrats are offering socialism. they want big governm

i supported nafta the first time around. those who didn't are even more eager to make it better now. but in order to be made better, it has to be improved greatly in terms of enforcement. but i'm optimistic as we go forward that we will come to terms. some of you are urging us to put it on the floor. there's nothing to put on the floor. we don't have a bill, we don't have an agreement yet, but we're hopeful that we will have one. and when we do get that agreement, then we'll get the letter for the enabling legislation from the administration to go forward. any questions? >> reporter: on the other topic of the day, impeachment, do you agree you can see now that the impeachment inquiry into president trump is under way? >> do i concede now? have you not paid attention to what we've been talking about? for months we've been saying we're doing three things. we're legislating. do you want me to go over our 200 days of legislation leading up to now and what we did this week to protect our environment? we are legislating, we're inv

being that framework, nafta or usmca. i think nafta brought many benefits.was not equal benefits for all sectors. not for all regions. there were regions and sectors that were losers. both in mexico and the u.s. and canada. and others that were winners. but nafta being a good agreement for those sectors, it was already an old agreement. so i think usmca has areas that are very fundamental for the three countries. the information that i have after many long conversations with senators and congressmen is that they think that not to ratify usmca and at the same time pulling out of nafta would be a total catastrophe for the northern american region. so i don't think that this idea of using the threat of pulling out of nafta to have usmca ratified is a good idea. usmca has to be considered and ratified based on its own merits, and we have also said to congress that it should not be considered also like a fight or an idea or if we give president trump a political victory or not. the usmca has enough merits on its own to be considered like that in the first place a

. >> if usmca end of nafta. >> you know how i feel about nafta. worst trade deal ever made. although i also happen to think world trade organization was not one of the greats. not one of the greats. that was the creation of china, which went like a rocket ship from the day they signed. it was terrible. but, we are going to find out. that's going to be a very interesting question. with nannies and chuck and all of these people focusing on the witch-hunt because they can't beat us at the ballot. they can't beat us at the ballot. and they are not going to win the presidential. we are having great polls. we have internal polls, ohio, iowa, pennsylvania is looking good. north carolina. we just won two races that a lot of people thought we were going to lose both those races. one was down 17 points three weeks before the race and he ended up winning by a substantial margin. by a substantial margin. and dan bishop. and then we had a second race as you know and he was up one or two points and he ended up winning by, what was it 25 points or some incredible -- i will ask you folks i

i think nafta is the worst trade deal ever made. i also think the world trade organization was not one of the greats. not one of the greats. that was the creation of china which went like a rocket ship from the day they signed. it was terrible. no, we're going to find out. that's going to be a very interesting question. with nancy and chuck and all of these people focussing on the witch hunt because they can't beat us at the ballot. they can't beat us at the ballot and they're not going to win the presidential. we have great polls. we have internal polls that are -- ohio, iowa, pennsylvania's looking good, north carolina. we just won two races that a lot of people thought we were going to lose both of those races. one was down 17 points three weeks before the race and he ended up winning by a substantial margin. by a substantial margin. dan bishop. then we had a second race, as you know, and he was up one or two points and he ended up winning by, what was it, 25 points or some incredible. i'll ask you folks. i don't want to be inacc

madam speaker, as currently 2, tten, the usmca, nafta continues this failed legacy of nafta 1 and remains a failure worker.american the usmca is just nafta 2. defeated, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rom south carolina seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. wilson: madam speaker, every i participate in a bus tour of south carolina's second roxanne, ith my wife, and dedicated staff from washington, d.c. and district offices. especially appreciate scheduler stephanie for successfully coordinating her bus tour in the tradition of emily. our trip consisted of over 20 across five counties in the district. it was humbling and inspiring to constituents, small businesses, schools, chambers of commerce, and manufacturers. visited weretops i rapidly growing, including harter n.e.x. films of columbia, a world leader in high-performance specialty films 100 more jobs d al

nafta was a horrible trade deal. lauren: some analysts say nafta 2.0 is now on life support.ton examiner commentary writer and she joins us now. kaley, why, i guess, is the question. if the other countries have signed it, why won't nancy pelosi bring this to the floor? >> well, i think it's pretty simple. they could have put this on the table for a vote a long time ago but obviously with this inquiry, it's very likely leas she's goio use it as ransom to get the white house to comply with the inquiry. lauren: how so? >> you think about it. the white house has been pushing the trade deal for months now. the democrats could have been doing something about it. instead, they've been debating impeachment for the past several months, they've been doing these investigations and they've been taking their sweet time really getting it on the floor for ratification. it's not going to g to go away y time soon. lauren: at one point it seemed like nancy pelosi and the democrats didn't want to give the president a political win with usmca. now it seems like it might be something more, that t

it's been 25 years since nafta was enacted. 25 years is a long time. things were different 25 years ago. there wasn't e-commerce. we weren't all thinking about a globalized economy. and now these antiquated laws that we're living under are holding back our american economy. if we would just pass the usmca, it's in the hands of the speaker right now. if we would just pass it, 176,000 new jobs, $68 billion in growth to our economy. and instead of being worried about trading with china and being concerned with what china is trying to do we could trade with who we really agree with who are right on either side of our border, canada and mexico. wouldn't that be wonderful? we need to modernize our laws d we need to free and fair trade, we don't have that right now. we must pass the usmca to bolster quality, family-sustaining jobs in america in the commonwealth of pennsylvania and other states. the usmca is a win for the american worker. look it's great to help out our neighbors across and around the globe but our responsibility first is right here at home, i

president trump: you know how i feel about nafta. i think nafta is the worst trade deal ever made although i also happen to think the world trade organization is not one of the greats, not one of the greats. that was the creation of china which went like a rocket ship from the day they signed. it was terrible, but, no, we're going to find out. that will be a very interesting question with nancy and chuck and all of these people focusing on the witch hunt because they can't beat us at the ballot. they can't beat us at the ballot, and they're not going to win the presidential. we're having great polls. we have internal polls, ohio, iowa, pennsylvania is looking good and we just won two races that a lot of people thought we would get new races and one was down 17 points and they ended up winning by a substantial margin, by a substantial margin and dan bishop and then we had a second race, as you know and he was up one or two points and he ended p winning by, what was it? 25 points or some incredible -- i'll ask you folks because i don't

although how much of it is a rewrite of nafta is is unclear and and what happens if this doesn't get passed whether the president truly is going to rip up nafta is also unclear but there's with with that u.s.m.c. there's 2 issues right now there's the legitimate issue that democrats have raised about labor standards environmental standards predominately in mexico that we're talking about and whether there are sufficient there's also the political battle as well democrats at this point are no moves. frankly to give a political victory to trump up early on an issue like trade where he seems to be kind of wallowing right now so you know i personally don't see this happening before the end of the year and if it doesn't happen for the end of the year it's hard to see this happening in iraq what's the what's the scenario in which trump gets an easy win that you think the democrats are concerned about. well i think at this point. you know leaving aside the politics of this i think there's not a huge appetite frankly for trade agreements either in the democratic party or the republican party

he would argue he's gotten a better nafta agreement because of it. >> i think we'll be seeing a lot of you >> job security. >> it's the final day of the third quarter as inverss ramp up looking to the end of the year there's one thing that they are watching >> it's fourth quarter earnings. it dominated the first quarter that companies would dramatically lower expectations. the two issues that would move earnings in one direction or the other remain unresoevered. that's trade talks they are more or less. and the fed. are we on hold or not. still don't know the answer to that either. there's been no wholesale attempts the lower earnings in the fourth quarter there's a couple of troubling trends i've seen first, 13 of the 14 companies that have so far reported numbers, these are the earliest reportings that's a very high percentage north of 90% lowering. we have seen notable downward revisions. the other trend that's notable is energy is seeing very major downward revisions even in the third quarter in exploration and production estimates for the third quarter are down 20% since july. the

and if we don't pass usmca, the alternative is the status quo which is nafta. so in effect if you don't support usmca, it must mean that you support the status quo which is nafta which again so many democrats have been criticizing over the years. so let's get this done. the 25-year-old nafta is not the status quo that anybody should want when we have this better agreement in front of us, specifically the house of representatives if they were to bring the bill to the floor, i believe they could pass it just because of the logic, the fact that this agreement is so much better than the status quo. and then over here in the senate, we have no trouble passing it in my view. during my tour over august, i also spent time visiting with a lot of groups and organizations that are combating the drug epidemic that has gripped my home state of ohio and our country. as you know, we now have more people dying of overdoses in ohio than any other cause of death. it's unbelievable, 72,000 people in 2017 died of overdoses in this country, more than we lost in the entire vietnam w

i don't want to answer that question because you know how i feel about nafta. i think nafta is the worse trade deal ever made but i think the world trade organization was not one of the greats. not one of the greats. that was the creation of china which went like a rocket ship from the day they signed. it was -- it was terrible. but, no, we're going to find out. that is going to be a very interesting question. with nancy and chuck and

she's the lead architect of the original nafta trade agreement.sador carla hill is with the u.s. trade representative under president george w. bush. good to see you. herbert walker, right? i'm sorry, let's get this right. >> it was george herbert walker bush. liz: that's what i thought. okay. the counteroffer from the democrats is in. what are you hearing about it and what do you think is going to happen? >> it's very hard to say. the best thing that could happen was that they come to a decision rapidly because the uncertainty is rocking the market. and the benefits of negotiating and figuring out what they're going to do is ongoing. speaker pelosi has formed a team of nine, nine members, to work with the u.s. trade representative, bob lighthizer. they seem to be making progress. of course, there are going to be differences even at the end of the road. the question is, with only 28 days, 28 legislative days remaining in this congress, will they get it through. liz: do you know robert lighthizer? >> i do. liz: i figured you did. he apparently resp

we lost thousands of jobs after nafta. building companies another plan another country and shipping the product back to the united states. unions and factories went from $13,000 to nothing, the general motors facility used to be 16,000 people. now it is idle. nafta is perceived to have a lot to do with it and has a tremendous impact. so did globalization and automation. that,rump started saying i thought, that is going to hurt. that is a strike. he had an inside lane. traditionally, a republican couldn't say those things about being against free-trade. he went against republican orthodoxy. i think it helped him a lot. steve: you used the word lane. you have to have a path or a lane to the nomination. what is tim ryan? rep. ryan: i have to be honest with you, i don't like that lane thing. i think a good politician, a good leader can pull from all these areas. steve: but you need a coalition. rep. ryan: you need a coalition. i think mine ultimately will be more moderate people, i think. i have kind of disengaged with the med

i think nafta is the worst trade deal ever made. i also think the world trade organization was not one of the greats. not one of the greats. that was the creation of china which went like a rocket ship from the day they signed. it was terrible. no, we're going to find out. that's going to be a very interesting question. with nancy

connell: people only hear headlines, new usmca, new nafta.ay it is not that much different than the old nafta, what is the point? from where you sit in oklahoma what is specifically better about this deal? what is better for your constituents? >> it addresses not only dairy provisions it addresses lowering tariff rates in general. it address as variety of things. the point is our neighbors north and south are the biggest trade partners f we can't come to terms with them and how can we move trade around the world? the president is right. we've done a good job. we need to vote. it will pass the house, the majority, are partially concerned about giving president trump a win and trying to appease certain elements in their own caucus who may not have the best interests of the whole country at heart are slowing this down. the speaker needs to move. how do we move the speaker? my democrat friends in the united states house to need to lean into the speaker to bring it to a vote. connell: hallway talk, back channel talk about that? having conversation

it would have been even worse than nafta. and we know how bad nafta was. all you have to do, is even to this day, look at around at all those empty plants were people moved down and companies moved down to mexico. not under the usmca. we have to get nancy pelosi to put it up for a vote. make it bipartisan. she will have tremendous democrat n support. the farmers want it, the unions want it, the manufacturers wanted to, and by the way, 600,000 manufacturing jobs in this country. remember? you would need a magic wand, you can't do that anymore. well, we did it. but we have to get usmca put up for a vote by the u democrats.r but in my first week in office, i proudly withdrew from that job-destroying tpp catastrophe. and we are replacing one of the worst trade deals ever made by any country. it you could go back as far as you want, nafta, the disaster of nafta, so whatever you do, start talking to your people, we need a vote on the usmca. that's united states mexico and canada and they've already voted. they want it and we want it and it's great for the farmer

nafta was a horrible trade deal. it replaces nafta. he termina we terminate nafta.ood for manufactures and everybody. even the union wanted because they always hated nafta. the union wants it. they're all fighting with themselves, we'll see. if it happens, it happens. when we take over the house next year we'll do it our way. we'll get it to make it everyn e better. do you have a comment on that, usmca? >> that was the president, he's in a meeting with the prime minister of japan. he's talking about japanese trade deal referring to his trade negotiators. he says nancy pelosi had manufactured this crisis, wendy sherman is still with me. he's clearly striking out. >> clearly striking out. >> striking back certainly. every time he has engagement with everyone today, this is what we are going to hear about because he just can't contain himself. he's just going to lash out in ways that american public are not going to understand and they're beginning to see it for what it is, just the president becoming unhinged and that's not good for national security at the bottom lin

and it's now crunch time for the administration to ge the renegotiated nafta deal, now known as usmcae. >>>ayla tausche is in washington. >> this woke the white house revved up t the pushget congress to pass usmca, a deal it says has bigger impact than ongoing talks with china. >> wectlly export close to five times more product to mexico and canada than we do to china. so usmca is the big deal. we're hoping to get this thing done within the next 30 to 60 days. >> theem deal needsrats onboard. house speaker nancy pelosi will determine if and when a voteme to the floor depending whether top trade officialsde me changes. in negotiations democrats have prioritized making sure mexico is implementin new labor reforms. enforcing environmental protections they say nafta overloloed and assuring that any changes for pharmaceutical companies won't raise drug prices. buness and farming groups are tredescending to kpal push for the passage. pork producersay canada and mexico make up 40% of the export market. aun' makers wou certainty on supply chain. north dakota rancher developly vish would like

the new nafta. i don't see how you can get that passed in a house of representatives obsessed with impeachment and if you don't get it this year, i think that's a negative for the market and the economy. >> oh, definitely. i think you're right on target with that assessment. we're not going to see that get passed. there's going to be lingering uncertainty regarding investment spending and that's going to subtract from economic growth and jobs creation. stuart: if i'm right, if they are obsessed with impeachment and you can't get usmca -- >> why do they want to do anything that might benefit trump in the 2020 election? it makes no sense. so they will just sit on their hands and do absolutely nothing and focus on impeachment. stuart: we got the latest read on economic growth this morning. second quarter still right there at 2% annual growth. how do we get to 3% for the whole year which is what the administration has been aiming for? how do you get to 3% for 2019 like this? >> i did the calculations an

there was work left to be done on getting nafta through, on the new nafta or the other thing it's calledone. >> umsca >> but without that and the risks, remember, the president in the past has threatened to pull out completely of nafta if they didn't get this through so, i mean, that is a huge deal. there is massive uncertainty amid the white house press secretary said we're not going to work with the other side now that this is going on. i think that's a pretty worrisome sign. >> dan, what would we have to see in the transcript or in the testimony from the whistle-blower that would cause speaker pelosi to actually make it truly official and to get her caucus to actually vote on this which she didn't have to do. she has her cake and is eating it too she's appeasing the left and it's not like previous impeachments where you have to vote on just beginning the inquiry. i'm not talking about the impeachment vote. >> joe, i totally agree. right now nothing has changed since yesterday other than a fanfare announcement but the whistle-blower will be pulled out. they're trying to get the whistle

agricultural grew under the original nafta.cility that again works on canadas' dairy program and gives more access to our farmers many. so it's very much needed. maria: it's access to poultry, access to dairy. >> right. maria: all of that and do you think it's going to speaker is s to make sure of that. i think ambassado am bassambassg to work through any issues they have. maria: let me ask you about the continuing resolution, the house passed the cr yesterday, now it moves over to the senate, the impact in terms of money for agriculture. >> the house did a good job in replenishing the ccc funding, that's the money that goes to farmers on the safety net, both the normal type of safety net as well as the market flotation program for the trade disruption. so it's very important and i'm very pleased. we're happy to be transparent about anything they would like to know. maria: it moves forward to the senate. are you comfortable that it passes in the senate. >> i think with the house language, i think they can be able to reconcile t

it's-- i voted for nafta the first time around. i've had my disappointments in it, but there are many people who voted against it, whether they're in congress now or not is not the point, but outside many people opposed then nafta and then wanted to see a change. i believe that we'll make important changes in provisions of the bill that it doesn't matter unless you have enforce act and that's what we're working on now. but the representative is-- has been respectful of all views as we have been respectful of his. >> as you know, next year mark the centennial, women's right to vote in 1920. what about era, is that something you'll address? >> let's talk about the 100th anniversary. it's something to be a woman in the congress of the united states when it's 100 years since a woman had the right to vote. this is pretty exciting and for the first time we have 100 women, over 100 women serving in the congress. 106 women in congress. i'm proud to say that 91 of them are democrats. we made the decision to increase those numbers every sing

you can go back as far as you want, nafta, the disaster of nafta. so whatever you do, start talking to your people. we need a vote on the usmca. that's united states, mexico, and canada. and they've already voted. they wanted, and we want it, and it's great for everybody. were also aggressively combating a problem that you have in north carolina, a problem that we have in all most all states. the opioid epidemic. last year, we saw the first nationwide decline in drug overdose in nearly 31 years. [cheers and applause] and at the center of the american drug crisis is the border crisis. criminal cartels smuggle vast quantities of lethal narcotics across our southern border, including heroin, meth, cocaine, and fentanyl. 100,000 people a year die from what comes across our southern border, and we can't get the democrats to help us in ceiling it even tighter. we've got to get them. [boos] we got to get them. so if you want to stop the drug smugglers, the human traffickers, the vicious ms-13 gang members, by the way, thank you to ice. these people go into

from nafta that's a real risk to the markets, to the economy. as investors look down the road, i don't think they've looked at the possibility of getting out of nafta i would keep a -- i would tell people to keep an eye on that. >> brian, barry, victoria, thank you. >> the markets are climbing higher as we await president trump's meeting with the ukraine. there's the dow up 181 weluh lle ghback >>> market is at session highs today, as we await president trump's meeting with president zielins zielinski. this comes on the same day of the release of those notes in july michelle ka bruce sew cabrera, john harwood and ayman javers. let me begin with you, ayman what are the expectations as we head into this event >> everyone's going to be looking at the ukrainian president here at this event looking for body language. the ukrainian president is now in a position to offer an enormous lifeline to president trump. if he didn't feel any pressure from the trump administration to deliver on joe biden this is a ukrainian president that needs military assista

do you get nafta passed in september?e're starting to think that there's some building momentum for nafta that's not priced into the market. maria: usmca. >> yeah. and number two, can the president act on tax cuts? he's got two avenues for that. can he do indexing capital gains unilaterally, or does he try and do a deal with democrats on the payroll tax? maria: you want to see him do the indexing. >> i do. investors don't want to unrealize their gains. if we index that capital gains basis to inflation, you are providing a tax cut that is twice the size of the 1997 or 2003 capital gains tax cut. it will unlock trillions of dollars of capital and get investment and really help with this situation. of course, the media will say, oh, this is a tax cut for the rich, but it's really about unlocking that capital, getting confidence back, making those investments which have been on the sidelines because of trade. maria: so when the congress comes back in the next couple of days, we're basically going to be all in on 2020, and you

that nafta agreement has resulted in the outsourcing of good paying american jobs, hurting working familiesnd americans all across the country , including but not limited to in the heartland of america. if we are going to renegotiate the trade agreement, our perspective is that the meaningful if be it's going to replace what is currently there. in order for that agreement to be meaningful, house democrats have laid out for different issues which we discussed in the caucus today. one, improve the labor standards. any agreement that includes standards,on labor and environmental standards, particularly in mexico, must be enforceable to be meaningful. we made that position clear to the administration but we also want to get to yes. we want to get to yes because the business of the american people must be done. in are sent to washington new democratic majority to get things done for the people. to lower health care costs, to increase pay for everyday americans, to enact the real infrastructure plan to protect people with pre-existing conditions, and to also clean up corruption which is what we a

you can go back as far as you want, nafta, the disaster of nafta.ever you do, start talking to your people, we need a vote on the usmca. that's united states mexico and canada and they have already voted. and we want it and it's great for the farmers, it's great for everybody. we are also aggressively combating a problem you have a north carolina, problem we have almost all states, the opioid epidemic. last year, we saw the first nationwide decline in drug overdose deaths in nearly 31 years. [applause] at the center of the american drug crisis is the border crisis, criminal cartels smuggle vast quantities of lethal narcotics across our southern border including heroin, math, cocaine and fentanyl. die fromeople per year what comes across our southern border and we cannot get the democrats to help us in ceiling it even tighter. we've got to get them. we've got to get them. if you want to stop the drug smugglers, the human traffickers, the vicious ms 13 gang members -- thank you to isis, [applause] ice.thank you to [applause] into those nests, we call

or less likely now given everything that has happened >> the way that the usmca approval, the new nafta is positioned to me nancy pelosi's decision at the end of the day i do think congress is going to have a lot of things to fight with the president about, but all these political arguments take place in a broader political context and with the 2020 elections looming, it's kind of what does the country need if there is a lot of economic pressure from china and this feels like a way to provide some relief or at least some good news, it could be helpful to get democrats to vote. >> jimmy, certainly be helpful for the economy and some businesses who want clarity on, okay, if i relocate out of china, mexico is kind of a safe place to go. >> that's really a thing where is the safe place to go? when businesses are talking about going to vietnam, what did you see from the president he started tweeting about our trade deficit with vietnam maybe we needs to launch a trade war against them listen, the smartest thing someone told mat the start of the trade wars is, listen, very difficult for the p

of a lingering terror fight between the trump white house and china and dismal prospects for a new nafta leader global report today the trump white house announced the signing of the preliminary pact on wednesday hailing new market access to japan for us i grew cultural producers a summary from the office of the u.s. trade representative claimed that the terms of the deal would allow 90 percent of us agree cultural exports to introduce a pan either duty free or with preferential treatment on the other side of the ledger some $40000000.00 japanese agricultural products to the u.s. will receive similar preferences some digital video books and similar products from both countries would also receive preferential treatment but perhaps just as notable was what was left out of all the paperwork and discussion any mention of u.s. president donald trump's previous threats to impose tariffs as high as 25. on japanese cars and car parts the u.s. president may very well be tiring of his own tangles with tariffs and threats against all sensible u.s. allies and adversaries as a fight with china has ca

. >> if usmca end of nafta. >> you know how i feel about nafta. worst trade deal ever made. although i also happen to think world trade organization was not one of the greats. not one of the greats. that was the creation of china, which went like a rocket ship from the day they signed. it was terrible. but, we are going to find out. that's going to be a very interesting question. with nannies and chuck and all of these people focusing on the witch-hunt because they can't beat us at the

those who have really dug into this, it really is not very different from nafta. that -- charles: so if you're a democrat you like nafta, why wouldn't you go with this? >> that is a great question. you're finding a lot more democrats who are starting to rethink nafta, going, maybe i liked it because bill clinton -- charles: real quick. i got one minute thing. i want to squeeze this in. squeaking of rethinking, "medicare for all," i read six versions of it, everyone has their own price tag, one lone candidate is fighting against this, joe biden versus the crowd on "medicare for all." we just learned last year we had additional two million americans without health care. where does that put him? >> joe biden? charles: yeah. >> i don't know where it puts him. charles: is it indictment on obamacare that it didn't live up to the promise, hence "medicare for all"? >> you find it is indictment of the congress, the last republican congress who took away the fact that you have to get it or you pay a penalty. tell people they don't have to pay a penalty, all of sudden they d

nafta is perceived to have a lot to do with it and has a tremendous impact.when trump -- that is going to hurt. he had an inside lane. and republican orthodoxy. >> you used the word lane. what is tim ryan? >> a good politician, good leader can pull from all these areas. you need a coalition. my coalition ultimately will be more moderate because i disengaged with medicare for all as far as taking people's health insurance in that system. i came out about free healthcare for undocumented workers. i think in documented workers should be able to buy healthcare. if they can't afford it, and pay for free healthcare, and documented workers when everyone else drive 2 hours to get healthcare for their own family. on these issues, i position myself away from the field. >> they like their previous health insurance. >> they are driving to and from work to make sure they don't lose it, to communicate very frankly, they make $30 an hour. that is not a lot of money. it is a good solid middle-class. they are doing it for the healthcare that needs care. the conversation of ta