i would argue that ever since nafta, and i still heard talk about nafta in this campaign, the area where the drop was most precipitous from 10 years ago to now, for democrats. the democrats, we've got to become the party of workers. one of the places to start, roughly a month ago in early deep somber, trump appointed a judge in east texas and struck down an overtime rule which only one judge making one decision struck down on the behest of congress in the state of congress, 4 million american workers will lose overtime. workers making 30, $40,000 a year told by management to work more than 40 hours, classified by management and by the company as manage and, they will have to work 10 or 15 extra hours without overtime. democrat should be leading the charge. the biden administration did and i pushed for years and obama kind of started it. we need to make fights on behalf of workers. we have to show we are for workers. i am not giving advice to former colleagues, but walking picket lines and organizing drives. going to union halls, not just union workers but workers across the board whether

it made perfect sense to do what they did in the first term, which is update nafta.as an old aging agreement. they updated it on a bipartisan basis. president trump liked it. he signed it. there's a review in 2026. if you want to bring the review forward and say, hey, we need to change autos around, fine. but that should be a sideshow because you already improved the situation. you didn't improve the china situation, as represented by campaign promises to raise tariffs to 60%. and yet somehow he's gotten distracted. and you know, i hesitate to say this, but a difference between this time and last time is robert lighthizer is out and elon musk is in. >> and you think maybe that has this was an unexpected discussion for me. but the last couple of weeks have been sort of surprising. the markets noticed it. a lot of people in china, there's articles in the wall street journal about this today. cnbc has a write up as well. so i appreciate you diving in on the topic and we'll revisit it. derek, thanks for your time. thank you. derek. scissors with aei coming up, shares of

were to pull out of nafta? what a renegotiated nafta -- the impact it might have? mr. hassett: that's another one of those questions. linda: are you harriet? harriet tori from the wall street journal. reporter: i wanted to ask a question about the american consumer and tax reform. this year was the first time people saw more money coming into their bank accounts. consumer spending has been rather weak. mr. hassett: in the first quarter. reporter: i wanted to ask about that and any concerns about whether tax reform is giving people impetus to spend? you mentioned possesses earlier. hey quick follow-up question as well. -- a quick follow-up question. you wondered about neru models. can you go into details? mr. hassett: that is the think i'm not supposed to talk about according to my friend out of respect -- they have a specific estimate and i respect that. let me start with the consumer and then we will come back to the second triad that for you. -- try at that for you. consumer spending in the first quarter, after a blowout fourth-quarter, is a positive for gdp. we will

so in congress, i got to work as a members of the ways and means committee, i helped to replace nafta with a better deal for america's workers. we passed new laws like the inflation reduction act, the bipartisan infrastructure law to incentivize us to make things in america. those manufacturing policies strengthen our manufacturing and u.s. supply chains and the real for aspect of that it has green our local economy. these laws have worked. in michigan, we have seen major companies expand and invest like s.k. kill tron. nano graph. they are hiring hundreds of workers to produce advanced manufacturing chips, electric battery materials to ensure that america leads the way in manufacturing in the 21st century. to lower costs for families, again, i got to work, passing new laws to put more money in the pockets of hardworking. we expanded the child tax credit to lower costs. in fact, i consider refundable tax credit, child tax credit to be perhaps the best vote i've cast in my career in public office. we all come to congress with our own priorities. reviolate liesing -- revitalizing manufa

i would argue ever since nafta, i still heard talk about nafta and in this campaign the area where thefrom 10 years ago to now for democrats. democrats, we've got to become the party workers. one of the places to start just roughly a month ago, in early december, trump appointed judge in east texas, struck down an overtime rule which only one judge making one decision to the chamber of commerce and the state of texas 4 million american workers that are making 30, 35, 40,000 a year told by management to work more than 40 hours classified by management, by the company as management. they will have to work 10 or 15 extra hours with no overtime. democrats ought to be leading the charge. the bided administration did it . obama kind of started it. we need to make fights on behalf of workers, we have to show we are for workers. i'm not giving advice to former colleagues, but it means walking picket lines, help organize drives, go to union halls. not just union workers, workers across the board whether you work at a nursing home, mcdonald's or whether you're a steelworker, building intel in co

the one vote that now has given me pause, when nafta was proposed in the clinton administration i viewed it as something for the future, making the future better. rather than staying with the past. but, when i think of the communities where industry has shut down, the lives of many americans were hollowed out by that experience. even if they come back in some way, shape, or form, there is a bitterness. i think i will always be thinking that one through. >> when you think about your party today what is the future of the democratic party? where does it go from here? rep. eshoo: i have been here through marvelous victories. so high that you could touch the ceiling. and, losses are always painful. you lose colleagues. that you have worked with. you get to know them. you meet their families. they were partners somewhere along the way with me. in my work. and there is. the longer i was here i thought i had the responsibility to help newcomers. both republicans and democrats. so part of this is a painful loss. for the democrats for so many people, it is a deep disappointment, especially on the

and we renegotiated nafta. we have what we call the usmca, but we're not i think we still need to be looking at at tweaking that agreement. i don't think china should be allowed to build plants in mexico and then be able to sell them in this country and market them as north american vehicles. they're not. so i want to work with this administration. i'm probably one of the more pro tariff people that there are in this congress, but there are tools in the toolbox. i don't believe in them straight across the board. and i think we have to start to look at mexico and canada as different trading partners. >> i wonder, congresswoman, as you noted, you said you would work with trump on issues that affect your district. obviously, a hub of auto manufacturing. you noted china building auto manufacturing plants in mexico. notably, the u.s. is one of the top importers of car parts in the world. so how do you think slapping tariffs on china and mexico might impact the auto industry and the cost of those products coming in h

when president trump said he wanted to renegotiate nafta, like several candidates had said prior, he actually did it. he marched forward with right folks in place to elevate the issue of trade. across america i think the coffee shops across america elevated their discussion in terms of what trade is. the usmca is a great example. the usmca was shepherded through the house by then speaker nancy pelosi. if that can be done i think a lot of other things can be done. host: scott is from kansas. caller: thank you for taking my call. i do see the deficit going up and up. at one time we had eliminated the earmarks that they used to call pork spending. we also had a balanced budget amendment. i think when they talk about revenues going up after cutting taxes on the rich, what would they have done if they had not cut the taxes? you still go back to the original founding fathers, those that enjoy great fruits and privileges in this country go back to the nation not at the same rate but at a rate much greater. we are seeing a rift between the haves and have nots. i do not see a lot of action ta

she was at the table after nafta negotiations.e front running to replace him as the leader of the liberal party? that is an inscrutable situation but there have been a few early polls with hypothetical leaders and she does the best. i think that is premature, though. we don't know what the full field of candidates is, we haven't seen any of them campaigning and in fact we don't quite know what the rules are. there are some barebones rules governing the liberal leadership but the national executive may modify them given the pressure of the situation. to the us now, where members of congress have certified donald trump's election victory. it comes exactly four years after trump's supporters stormed the us capitol in an attempt to challenge the certification of the 2020 election results. there was heavy security in washington, including five hundred members of the national guard on standby, but this year the process was peaceful. it is the role of the sitting vice president to officially certify the results of the election. meaning i

are europe, china, canada, and mexico come and if he could enact tariffs or trade shields or undo nafta deals that go from the 1990's backward, he could somehow fix this problem. that may have got him votes. now he has to come through, and his vernacular is going to be a lot harder to get to results than simply please a voting base. sumi: it's a little bit of a carrot and a lot of a stick, isn't it? he's essentially saying come do business in the u.s., but if you don't, you will face terrace. >> the thing about trump fundamentally as a person, he's a bully and he has enjoyed bullying people and now he gets to bully nations, and i imagine for him that is even more fun. but part of that is in the short term he might get results because it is scary. in the long-term it is very difficult, it is unpredictable, and he is not trustworthy. we will see a lot of countries trying to deal frankly in the same way a lot of americans and states are trying to deal with this, this blitz of things he is doing in his political honeymoon, but there's this question of longer-term he is never going to be sat

maintain the stability of operational processes and production chains at the same time, gas problem, nafta believes that the decision to include its assets on the sanctions list was unjustified and illegal. and in violation of the principles of fair competition gas problems. sadie, this pad for any potential function so far, but speak to us. how has russian companies been which standing previous sanctions in the past says, the conflict in new chris started in 2022. russia has become the most sanctioned country in the world, except that it seems that these sanctions are not working the way the west has been hoping for them to work for assistance when he 22 g. 7 nations created an oil price tab intended to limit how much revenue rush i could make from its oil exports over time that did not work. and just recently in december, uh, president put in said that the west sanctions campaign was senseless because last shot would suit the pressure. and despite the 8 for the native efforts which we've seen by the west to economically this for a rough shop, it's economy avoided the collapse as many eco

i've seen what nafta does. their reaction is not one i embrace, but i understand the desperation, the anger, the legitimate anger, the towns that but like where my grand parents are from a mechanic falls means the bank is boarded up. i mean, i remember as a boy, they were never made a lot of money, but my grandfather worked in the post office and were deconstructing all of these institutions that once he had a pension, he had a stable income. that's a for that. and i should have gone, and the democratic party is as complicit. like what he told you for the exam. i want to drill down on some of these things. you use it a lot of really important things. one of the things you, you just talked about was an out of touch elite. we're certainly single growing concentration of wealth and political power among a very small group of people. i think most notably of the fact that trump is a symbol of the richest set of advisors and cabinet members in american history, they're worth a collective $450000000000.00. and of cour

remember, it was clinton, who pushed through nafta and he also pushed through the reform of glass steegal. well, when it comes to expanding the empire dislikes george w bush was able to get in there and do what he had to do, it seems like donald trump has been tapped to do that. now, all i can think about other than that old school kind of saying some, some of the truth. there's about the club of rome, which they wanted this big type of, uh, american empire and 10 just different districts is the resources that are there. you know, that's what's industrial evolution is dependent on those resources and greenland got a lot of them. so i think when you look at a, you know, from a perspective and stepping back, maybe that's just the, the west between what they're doing, expanding and stealing more resources and they have to have trump to do so because it's based, we'll go along with whatever he says yeah, but gerald, that's kind of an easy one. if we look at greenland, it is a member of b, e. u is part of a denmark. nato mean, the united states has had a military presence in greenland since 19

and i helped lead the effort against nafta and pntr with china. unfortunately, i and the many others who opposed those trade agreements were proven correct. nafta and pntr cost us millions of good-paying manufacturing jobs as large corporations shut down here in america and fled to china, mexico, and low-wage countries in search of cheap labor. and what about all of those great high-tech jobs that supposedly were going to be created? well, that didn't quite happen either. as a result of the h-1b guest worker program and other guest worker programs, major corporations are now importing hundreds of thousands of lower-paid guest workers from abroad to fill the white-collar technology jobs that are currently available. in other words, heads, billionaires win. tails, american workers lose. in my view, we can and must change that reality. and a good place to start would be to pass this amendment and put american workers first. multibillionaires and big tech should not be allowed to hire guest workers to fill entry-level and mid-level information jobs. t

look, president clinton tried to get me to vote for nafta, and i told im i wasn't going to do it, and the president of the united states you were not going to vote for something? >> yeah, because you don't work for him. come on, now. >> stick around, because we definitely want to talk to you more and continue this conversation. we will take a quick break, folks. this is "the weekend." we'll be right back. (vo) explore the world the viking way from the quiet comfort of elegant small ships with no children and no casinos. we actually have reinvented ocean voyages, designing all-inclusive experiences for the thinking person. viking - voted world's best by both travel + leisure and condé nast traveler. learn more at viking.com. the average dog only lives to be ten. at the farmer's dog, we don't think that's long enough. that's why our food comes in personalized portions. because a dog at a healthy weight could live a longer, happier life. >>> just yesterday at a closed door house republican retreat, speaker mike johnson said donald trump was in favor of passing a single reconciliation bil

biden with nafta to train it joining the wto.ly >> the rise of china not only for china but the unitedtes and the rest of the world. >> china is a great nation and we should hope for the continued expansion. >> it is overwhelming interestgw that china grows. >> we talk about china as ourul competitor?: we should beye helping. 's bill and yeah, out reallyi well. at-- the eye is on the fbi director said china has the biggest threat today. let's not forget the green agenda andg. inflationarys. spending. that has hammered all american workers. even this week, we learnedinin inflation is taking up in real medium wages are declining. this guy last night is trying to hold him out as the champion ofr thche little guy.de but biden's oligarchy line made at least one person smile. >> what biden said last night is we are moving towards anonom oligarchy. 50 you think when so much people have so much wealth and so much political power, that is an oligarchy that forms society?f >> well, i wouldn't know that president bidefrn gave a presidential medal of freedom to two people i think would qualify for

about canada and the trade deficit, it should be noted it was the trump negotiation that renegotiated naftaanada and mexico. so this is a trade deal they negotiated themselves. vaughn hillyard, susan page, congratulations susan on the great exclusive and andrew weismann as always. a busy time on the legal front. >>> up next, we will go back to southern california for an update on the fire. you are watching andrea mitchell reports. this is msnbc. mitchell reports. this is msnbc. here's to beating these two every thursday. help fuel today with boost high protein, complete nutrition you need, and the flavor you love. so, here's to now... now available: boost max! ♪♪ nature knows best. that's why new chapter vitamins... ...follows her example. ♪♪ transforming nature's 4 billion years of wisdom... ♪♪ ...into supplements. with key vitamins, minerals, and herbs, sourced from whole food ingredients... ♪♪ ...all crafted to work with your body. ♪♪ bringing the power of nature... ...into your new chapter. upset stomach iberogast indigestion iberogast bloating iberogast thanks to a unique combination o

at the same time, gas problem, nafta believes that the decision to include its assets on the sanctions list was unjustified and illegal. and in violation of the principles of fair competition, price, oh, my gosh, problems savvy dis, pad for any potential function so far, but speak to us. how has russian companies been withstanding previous sanctions in the past? as says, the conflict to new corresponded in 2022. russia has become the most sanctioned country in the world, except that it seems that these sanctions are not working the way the west has been hoping for them to work for assistance when he 22 g. 7 nations created an oil price tap intended to limit how much revenue russia could make from its oil uh, exports over time that did not work. and just recently in december, uh, president put in said that the west sanctions campaign was senseless because last shot would suit the pressure and the spice. a coordinated effort which we've seen by the west to economically this for a rough shop. it's economy avoided the collapse as many economists were trying to predict. now, washington's al

again, like you pointed out in your preface about this, laughed about space force and replacing naftaemain in mexico policies and all the other things, and he's been proven correct every single time. charles: i want to switch gears here because you've helped to introduce a bill that will restrict trading and oh of certain financial instruments by members of congress. i'm saying halleluiah. walk us through how it would work. >> well, look, at the end of the day the very thing that congress does on a day-to-day basis is getting martha stuart for insider trading on. there's certain committees of jurisdiction and people sit on or oversee and they know what's coming out and going to pass and what's coming to the floor. as a result of that, they almost have an early start in efforts to be able to buy stocks and things they know will go up as a result of those different types of appropriations. that in my opinion is wrong. members of congress should go there for public service. look, public service and personal enrichment are mutually exclusive and can't have both. can't have members of cong

and we saw this during the first trump administration with nafta, for example, that renegotiation thatt there was a real threat that the united states would pull out of nafta altogether and the adoption of tariffs as a result of that pulling out would have resulted in very important economic consequences, negative consequences for mexico and canada. i think president trump is looking to do the same this time around, and it'll be interesting to see whether this is, you know, he follows through on that threat. >> what practical effect might tariffs have on the average consumer? >> well, president trump i think was elected on one of the main promises was to bring inflation down. and unfortunately tariffs are likely to contribute to the opposite in the sense that they make goods more expensive for consumers in the us. even though it's true that at first they seem as a tax on other countries. but over time, what we see is that the price of those goods in the us tends to increase. and because of the protection that is granted to industry in the us, to these firms that are making those produc

nafta helped cause illegal immigration to mexico -- from mexico. those are the types of things i examine with historians, political scientists and other people. host: two of the historians you had on for the most recent episode, jeremy and jeffrey, you talked about president carter's uneventful but large yearly -- eventful but largely unsuccessful presidency. if we remember his legacy, what are some of his highlights and low lights. and what will define his legacy when we look back? caller: when i say largely unsuccessful that has been challenged by biographers like jonathan and ty byrd and others who have written full lighting cradle-to-grave biographies and there is some legitimacy to that. that is a generalization because every presidential administration has successes and failures. there is always continuity between one administration to the next. ronald reagan, although the editors of the national review, ronald reagan oh some of his success to dinner -- to jimmy carter who deregulated industries. carter was not around to see the benefits beca

joe biden supported everything from nafta to china joining the wto. >> riding china is an incrediblyitive development for not only china but the united states and the rest of the world. we should hope for the expansion. >> overwhelmingly interest that china grows. >> we talk about china as our competitor. we should be helping. >> laura: yeah. that worked out really well. fbi -- his own fbi director says china is america's biggest threat today. let's not forget the green agenda, inflationary spending. that's hammered all-american workers. even this week we learned that inflation is ticking up again. real median wages are declining. and this guy last night is trying to hold himself out as a champion of the little guy when he does that whisper? but biden's oligarchy line made at least one person smile. >> what biden said last night is we're moving toward an oligarchy. do you think that when so few people have so much wealth and so much economic and political power that that is an oligarchy form society? >> well, i would note that they -- president biden gave the presidential medal of fr

with him -- i i have been an ambassador since a previous trump administration and worked with him on naftathink he is a negotiator and he is positioning himself for the beginning of those negotiations, as are we, and i look forward to actually getting down and talking substance. amna: in terms of how you are getting ready, obviously these two nations are each other's largest trading partners. mr. trump is threatening 25% tariffs on all canadian imports. what would be the impact of tariffs of that size on canada's economy and how would canada respond? amb. hillman: it's first important to point out that when this proposal, if you will, came from the president around potentially adopting 25% tariffs on all canadian imports, it was on the basis of border security, and since that time, we have listened to what he said and we have put forward a very expansive, $1.3 billion plan to buy new helicopters, additional physical resources and personnel. we are proposing something that the incoming administration is reacting positively to, a task force on the fentanyl crisis. we are leaning in on a topi

. >> nafta. >> as you call it. >> yeah. so i think there's a lot of respect. there's a lot of integration in our agriculture. sector in particular, is deeply integrated. and we're you know, we're the number two customer for the us dairy sector. so lots of respect, lots of mutual benefit. but that being said, if if the administration is interested in talking through some of these things, making sure the agreement four years later remains fit for purpose, absolutely. we should do that. >> you canadians are so polite. lutnick also said that if canada or mexico shut their borders to illegal immigration and stop the flow of fentanyl, there would be no tariffs. now, your prime minister was here on the lead a few weeks ago, and he told me that less than 1% of undocumented immigrants in this country come from canada, and less than 1% of fentanyl coming into the u.s. comes from canada. and i know that canada has also pledged an additional billion dollars towards border security between the u.s. and canada. where do things stand now with canada's efforts to address thes

if not years, but i do think this report will eventually see the light of day, particularly after nafta in danger of prosecution. >> all right, ken. also last night, special counsel david weiss released his report on the hunter biden investigation. and he condemns president biden for pardoning his son, suggesting it impugns the impartiality of the justice department. what more did we learn from this report? >> not a lot of new facts, chris. that was the most striking thing, really. the really strident language by the special counsel going after president biden for his justification for the pardon and really, weiss making the case that he did not act inappropriately. there was no miscarriage of justice, as president biden put it here, that actually hunter biden evaded taxes on a massive scale, that he actually bought a gun when he was addicted to drugs. he admitted to this conduct. and so these charges were justified. historians will debate that. but it is absolutely the case that the comments that president biden made, really attacking the justice system did not sit well, not only with

as long as nafta and de oliveira are still in the case. interesting point, whether in the last week they will try to dismiss them from the case and then release volume two. i just want to very quickly if i can, steph answer charles and david, i think they're totally right on the one hand. on the other, we are playing on two fields now. one is contemporary, one is, as david says, in a generation it's history's playing field. and had he not been convicted, that would have made that game a lot harder. he is, in fact, and you know, it. it rankles him, a convicted felon. we can only hope that as we come to see reason in the country that will come home to whoever is making the judgments, not today, not next month, but in the next generation. >> charles two parter. do you think we will see the jack smith report? and if we do, what will the impact be? >> yes, and not much. i think that we are going to see the jack smith report come out, regardless of what's going on in the 11th circuit now, but because jack smith put out so meticulously speaking i

also the general uncertainty with negotiation of nafta. some in this group of said this could potential unto some benefits of the tax reform and growth you've talked about. does cea sure that assessment that these trade action could undermine some of the other growth? >> there's a lot of negotiations and discussions underway and it wasn't until i joined government that summit explained to me that discussions and negotiations are different. discussions and negotiations are underway. i can't comment on those, but i think it's underappreciated that the global effects of barriers around the world coming down to the u.s. level would be really quite positive, and if you're only think about the worst that can happen, then you're not accurately balancing the risks. >> the president has talked about getting back into tpp. most recently a couple reskill charge ambassador lighthizer to take a look at that. do you think the u.s. should get back into tpp and to show that with the present? >> that's a question for ambassador lighthizer. i can say about

i turned 21 the year that nafta was put into effect, 1994.0 factories. it's something to walk through a solar panel factory down in georgia or to walk through, you know, any of these car factories in tennessee or, you know, see them rolled off the. and one thing you know, in michigan, people might say, i don't know if i want an ev, but you know what? every michiganders kleros they want them built in detroit. and so we've got to keep seizing this opportunity. the president's put it at risk. >> yeah. well, you're i mean, you're talking about the economic part, which is which is very clear. that's the jobs part, which is different than the consumer part. what do you want to choose? most people, you know, they ski or snowboard or they hunt or. they fish, right? you don't have to do it all. but you want an economy that has jobs related to all of it, right? no one's saying, yeah, as you said, you have to drive an ev. i also think it's interesting that you're talking about conserving the environment. you're talking about conserving environmental job

canada border is a really good example because, jake, the truth is that's also covered by the new nafta. that's supposed to be a treaty that prevents this sort of thing, but instead that's where it's going to be. look at canada and you talk about gas. you're talking about a potential hike of 25 to $0.75 per gallon. because if you tariff the gas, it gets put onto the price that you and i will pay. and finally, i think the last one we've got is beer or some baby is some sort of food. and drink. again. overall it's going to be put on. it's going to be paid by the importer and it will be passed on to the consumer for all sorts of goods. estimating at 4.5%. >> all right richard quest in davos. thanks so much. we continue to monitor the new wildfire that has just erupted in los angeles county, burning an area the size of a football field every few seconds. the latest on efforts to contain the hughes fire that's ahead. plus, we're also going to go to capitol hill, where january 6th rioters could soon be welcomed to meet with some gallery during the attack of january 6th, 2021. >> i'm jeremy. >

so i mean like look at in nafta mean if you had asked me whatever four years ago i forget what the timing is on ftd because i don't follow it as closely. but at some point i was looking at them. i'm like, is insane, but how much is the insanity going to go? i always think of wiley coyote at, the edge of the cliff, like he's over the cliff. he has to look down. so that's what's going on here, is the economics just don't make sense, especially since matt is giving away the software for free like nobody has a moat. nobody can say, i can build the product that nobody else can create. now openai has one. other people make something similar deep. mine had a similar paper, the same like none of the stuff is an enduring way protected property and so the economics just don't make sense. but you know for a little while it still makes sense to invest because other people are buying it so like my guess is in video will not stay at its current level, but right now other people are buying it. so, you know, at what point do stop buying knowing that other people are doing that so it depends on psychology

i thought one of the major accomplishments of the first trump administration was the revision of naftaif he is looking to take over canada or renegotiate nafta, is he admitting that one of the prime accomplishments and his administration was a failure? that leads me to some confusion. you had a prior caller talk about we are not giving american workers enough credit for doing jobs in roofing and farm work and other things, but i think americans would get those jobs. however, people do not really want to pay those type of wages and that is why americans really do not get those jobs, primarily because immigrants will work cheaper than american workers, so unless -- that is one of the reasons i do not think there will be mass deportation, because i think the american businesses would be opposed to it. host: the u.s. trade representative has information about trade with canada if you're interested in getting more specifics about that. it says in 2022 u.s. business services totaled an estimated $908.9 billion. that is the trade between the two countries and this is john in louisiana, indepe

have concerns about current policy as relates to our relationship with china or the renegotiation of nafta >> that's a whole lot of question there. they goes and so we different aspects, but there again, small businesses are often exporters. a lot of the export economy of the country is a result of small businesses exporting their goods and services. so we want to make sure the trade policy is favorable towards those businesses. but as we've seen over decades, we've had an unfair trade policy. we want to make sure that trait is there, it's reciprocal. i sorely support the president's goal that he wants to put america first and american businesses first. >> can you talk a little bit about the specifics of what sba might be doing to make those trade policies more fair? >> sba, we have a seat at the table through our international trade office in the negotiations. but the negotiations are just ongoing at this point. you hear about what's going on and that's about all we know at this particular point. negotiations are in place. want to make sure it's very favorable to small businesses and to o

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he cut taxes, he imposed tariffs in his last administration and he renegotiated nafta.ing about that and that particular trade deal, if he decides to go ahead with tariffs on canada and mexico, it could actually be in violation, legal violation of the other trade deal he did in the first administration. so a lot of interesting moves here at the very beginning of a new administration. of course, many mainstream economists think that tax cuts and the tariffs and some of these things that are cornerstones for president trump could actually reignite inflation again. so we will see what happens next. this is only day one anna. okay. >> christine romans, you are on it. thank you. and that does it for us today. i'll see you back here tomorrow. i'll be back in new york, so join me at 10 a.m. for now, i'm ana cabrera, reporting from our nation's capital. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage when you're looking for answers, it's good to have help. because the right information, at the right time, may make all the difference. at humana, we know that's especially true when you're

and donald trump of course in his first term came in and retooled nafta. is a big dividend to enjoy if you go into a walmart which by itself would be one of the largest trading nations on the planet. you can buy things that you are not able to buy in 20 -- from 20 or 30 years ago. so that is something or even looking at the availability of produce, the availability of avocados. the eligibility of a's avocado whose demand has exploded, these are all functions of free trade without being larded up and gummed up by tariffs. so the evidence is out there to see which industries here have been protected successfully by tariffs. we do know there is some sort of asymmetric warfare, but china has national champions, china backs certain telco players, a power players. we don't know where the public sector ends and the private sector begins and that's kind of more pronounced in the united states. the chinese can say look who bailed out general motors and 2008 and 2009. there is stuff all over the place. even elon musk, who we want to call him like something of a prim

and donald trump of course in his first term came in and retooled nafta.s a big dividend to enjoy if you go into a walmart which by itself would be one of the largest trading nations on the planet. you can buy things that you are not able to buy in 20 -- from 20 or 30 years ago. so that is something or even looking at the availability of produce, the availability of avocados. the eligibility of a's avocado whose demand has exploded, these are all functions of free trade without being larded up and gummed up by tariffs. so the evidence is out there to see which industries here have been protected successfully by tariffs. we do know there is some sort of asymmetric warfare, but china has national champions, china backs certain telco players, a power players. we don't know where the public sector ends and the private sector begins and that's kind of more pronounced in the united states. the chinese can say look who bailed out general motors and 2008 and 2009. there is stuff all over the place. even elon musk, who we want to call him like something of a prime

i worked for donald trump closely on nafta.afta was a bad trade deal and now we have to make sure china doesn't come into mexico, build a plant and try to bring in north american product. >> host: if donald trump and the speaker, republicans in the 119th congress as well as senate majority leader food and, if they put a tariff bill on the floor it sounds like you would be open to voting for it. >> can't make blanket statements. i will work with him and i believe tariffs, manufacturing is a national economic and national security issue and i will work with them. i made clear to my leadership the tariffs are told in the toolbox we need to use. >> host: what would it do for the state of michigan? >> protect the auto industry, president biden is expected to make an announcement and i do not believe we should be selling our last major steel company to a foreign manufacturer. these are really complicated issues we've got to work together on. >> host: when the one hundred nineteenth gavels and at noon eastern time, it's the first orde

nafta helped cause illegal immigration to mexico -- from mexico.hose are the types of things i examine with historians, political scientists and other people. host: two of the historians you had on for the most recent episode, jeremy and jeffrey, you talked about president carter's uneventful but large yearly -- eventful but largely unsuccessful presidency. if we remember his legacy, what are some of his highlights and low lights. and what will define his legacy when we look back? caller: when i say largely unsuccessful that has been challenged by biographers like jonathan and ty byrd and others who have written full lighting cradle-to-grave biographies and there is some legitimacy to that. that is a generalization because every presidential administration has successes and failures. there is always continuity between one administration to the next. ronald reagan, although the editors of the national review, ronald reagan oh some of his success to dinner -- to jimmy carter who deregulated industries. carter was not around to see the benefits becaus