by the us by the trans—pacific partnership, they we re the trans—pacific partnership, they were to stepe than 600 million consumers. fairly subdued trading in the markets in asia. the news of north korea's missile launch yesterday has impacted on the asian markets— trading subdued — safe havens like yen and gold attracting investors. no movement from america to spark any enthusiasm on the asian markets as it was independence day yesterday. the geopolitical tensions, both north korea, issues with qatar, you would expect oil to be breaking through $50 a barrel as it is seen as a bit more of the sta bles it is seen as a bit more of the stables state haven. there is that issue of oversupply so that is at continued concern. you can see the yen is slightly up. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. i'm @bbcrachelhorne ijust want i just want to tell you about how police repeatedly failed the disabled refugee who sought the help before being murdered in bristol four years ago. that's according to a report by the independent police complaints commission. jon k

do you think the tra ns—pacific partnership will really survive?ion is, if they get the framework going so it can exist for a while without the us, that is possible, and it will probably be possible until november, and then it's reallyjust something that provides some good arguments for liberal us interests, or us in —— industry, to say, guys, we need to get back into trade talks. that would be really a big political positive point. the united states has officially notified south korea that it wants to start talks next month on revising their free trade agreement. the two countries have a significant trade deficit and us president donald trump has called the trade deal horrible. earlier i asked an employee of mcquarrie securities for his reaction. yes, it is about 1596 of our exports, so the actual impact on negotiations would not be huge. it depends — even though it depends on the actual negotiation between korea and the us. but obviously trump and our government is trying to lower the trade deficit against korea, so it could have an impact for a

to make it more like the tra ns—pacific partnership.s to hire american, buy american and that's what i mean about the fact that he taps into the zeitgeist. he's criticised countries like japan and germany because they have huge trade surpluses. he wants to bring jobs to the united states. well, he says that. yes. he says that. i think if we look at what he is doing, he will actually end up driving down wages. his commerce secretary, wilbur ross, has been out there reassuring business audiences that when they renegotiate nafta, they're going to do to make it more like the trans—pacific partnership which is exactly what trump campaigned against. so of course he raised these hopes but i don't believe he is going to bring thejobs back and support middle—class lifestyles. he did it to get elected and it was a resonant promise but that is why my argument is that progressives need to step up into this moment with a real 21st—century jobs programme and i'm passionate about climate change and the fact that we need jobs that are going to support

one thing he has done is paid up the trans—pacific has done is paid up the tra ns—pacific partnershiptnership agreement because he thinks that trade has not served the united states well and says he wants to renegotiate nafta. .. to make says he wants to renegotiate nafta... to make it more like ttip. he taps into the zeitgeist and has criticised countries like japan and germany because they have huge trade surpluses. he was to bring jobs to the united states. well, he says that, he says that. if we look at what he is doing, he will actually end up driving down wages. his secretary has been out there reassuring business audience is that when they renegotiate nafta, they are going to do to make it more like the tra ns—pacific partnership are going to do to make it more like the trans—pacific partnership which is exactly what trump campaigned against. 0f is exactly what trump campaigned against. of course, he raised these hopes but i don't believe he is going to bring thejobs back and support middle—class lifestyles. he did it to get elected and it was a resona nt did it to get elected

it's 40% of the world's economy, the trans-pacific partnership.ot of countries are saying we'll make exceptions if we can trade with this very large trading bloc. the u.s. is a large market. it's not the large nest the world. the european uniunion is the largest in the world. we live in an interconnected world and the u.s. is not any more the central, dominating force there. it's big but the eu is big, china is big, and you all have to play with each other. >> both looking more and more prescient now, the post-american world. you can see that you never saw it accelerating as fast as it has. >> i never thought i would see the united states abdicate, almost resign from its position as leader of the world. what i was talking about is how countries like china were growing in power and influence, india and brazil and they wanted a larger say in the world. the g20 is a perfect example of that. >> not a willing abdication? >> we're seeing others not stepping up, but the u.s. stepping back. >> there's a method to stepping back. you have to give voice to t

and whether they move forward with initiatives like the trans-pacific partnership 11, why would be t.p.p. in the absence of the -- which would be t.p.p. in the absence of the united states, would be an important sign of whether they're going to try to do some of this themselves or not. questioner: from voice of america. the report focuses on the idea that the u.s. could back off from the iran nuclear deal signed in 2015. it looks like many in the middle east, in muslim majority countries, support this idea. ding more with israel than europe. so for mr. hamid, why do you think it's so in the middle east? and if i may, why are the europeans opposed to withdrawing from the deal? thank you very much. shadi: i think that if you're talking about sunni majority countries, obviously there's a kind of sectarian element in seeing iran as a shi'a regional hedge monday. o that's certainly part of it. but also i think the experience with iranny policy in the region, that iran's policies, at least interest a sunni arab perspective, have been destabilizing in a number of different contexts. whether it'

pulling the us out of the trans—pacific partnership and has taken the us out of paris.we have seen, tax reform, his base is interested in the repeal of the affordable care act, and those things are not happening. repealing the affordable care act essential forfunding tax the affordable care act essential for funding tax reform. the affordable care act essential forfunding tax reform. there is not only no success on the stage for that, but there was also no clear detail and for tax reform. this is a president who has not been very interested in working with congress and building the coalitions that we re necessary and building the coalitions that were necessary to push any of these legislative policies drew in large pa rt legislative policies drew in large part because he is very distracted by what is going on with the russian investigations. what is stopping him from getting legislation through? he has a majority. it was a satisfactory election for him. why is he not achieving change that he promised? that is right, there are many things going on. first, he does not see

trade analysts say the plan is vague and draws heavily from the trans-pacific partnership, a 12-country trade deal that included canada and mexico. on the campaign trail, trump called the tpp "a continuing rape of our country" during his -- and then withdrew the u.s. from the deal in one of his first acts as president. meanwhile, labor leaders criticized the new nafta plan, saying it worsens protections for workers. afl-cio president richard trumka said -- "small changes around the edges -- or the insertion of disastrous trans-pacific partnership provisions -- are not acceptable and would be the ultimate in hypocrisy." amy: the release of the nafta renegotiation plan comes as the white house kicks off its "made in america"-themed week. speaking monday trump lashed out against trade deals he said have hurt u.s. companies. pres. trump: i want to make a pledge to each and every one of you, no longer are we going to allow other countries to break the rules, steal our jobs, and train our wealth. and it has been trained. it has been trained. amy: trump campaigned on the promise of either leav

remember, he pulled the us out of the trans—pacific partnership, a major trade deal between the us, japanific neighbours. and talks have lapsed on the vast eu—us trade deal known as ttip, as the head of europe's business lobby group explains. it is important if the eu and japan conclude this agreementjust before the 620 conclude this agreementjust before the g20 summit. it will be an important political science for other economies that trade is good and that two of the leading g20 economies are making a positive step towards free and more fair trade. —— political sign. allie renison is head of europe and trade policy at the uk‘s institute of directors. how important is this deal, giving the turning away from major international trade deals? is very important. at the end of last year, this did not look like it was going to be. there are still a lot of what they call legal scrubbing is to go on. but they did not think there we re on. but they did not think there were going to get this through. i think that donald trump pulling out of the ttip has given them the extra kit to make sure that j

we were disappointed by the president's decision to withdraw from the trans-pacific partnership, an international trade agreement between 12 nations that covered around 40 per cent of the global economy. president trump took the view that the tpp was not in the direct national interest of the united states. it should be noted that this was a policy position adopted by both presidential candidates, indeed most nominees. australia respectfully disagrees with that position. it comes down to an interpretation of national interest that we fear is too narrow. the tpp was about more than trade. it was also an expression of the closer engagement with the region and the strategic leadership of the united states. australia remains supportive of the tpp principles and we will continue to strive for high-quality trade agreements, which in this case, had set a new benchmark for trading rules. we believe there are many benefits for the remaining 11 countries and we are continuing to discuss future options. our views are well known in washington. we are assured that the united states will continue to negotiate

richard trumka said -- "small changes around the edges -- or the insertion of disastrous trans-pacific partnership provisions -- are not acceptable and would be the ultimate in hypocrisy." amy: the release of the nafta renegotiation plan comes as the white house kicks off its "made in america"-themed week. speaking monday trump lashed out against trade dealals he said de hurt u.s. compananies. pres. trump: i want to make a pledge to each and every one of you, no longer are we going to allow other countries to break the rules, steal our jobs, and train our wealth. and it has been trtrained. it hasas been trained. amy: trurump campaigned on t the promise of either leaving nafta or r renegotiating the agreemen. in aprpril, he said u.s. will remain and seek to renegotiate using fast-track authority, which mandated monday's release of detailed objectives for renegotiation 30 days prior to the beginnnning of formal tatal. trump will now have sweeping authority to independently broker an agreement before submitting it to congress for a wallach, director of public -- for more, , we're joined by lori walla

remember, he pulled the us out of the trans—pacific partnership, a major trade deal between the us, japanvast eu—us trade deal known as ttip. more in world business report to brazil now, and one of the biggest corporate scandals of the year. the country accounts for almost a fifth of the world's meat exports. but in march, local police uncovered a bribery scheme where health officials allegedly allowed tainted meat to reach supermarket shelves and even school meals. although the companies involved deny wrongdoing, shares of market leader jbs plunged 40%. so can brazil's reputation as the world's largest meat exporter be repaired? more in world business report. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: no sex, please, we're japanese. we'll have a look at what is sparking this new move to celibacy. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police said there have been many casualties and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible. 6ermany will be the hosts of the 2006 football world cup. they pipped the favourites, south africa, by a single vote. in sout

out of the trans-pacific partnership. ordering the construction of a wall on the border with mexico. the travel ban was quickly blocked by the courts, though months later the supreme court upheld most of it. >> a partial victory for the administration. >> reporter: sitting on that court was associate justice neil gorsuch appointed by president trump and confirmed by the republican senate. >> the great accomplishment so far, substantively, has been the nomination and confirmation of justice gorsuch. >> reporter: but otherwise, despite plowing through routine business -- >> we've passed and signed 38 pieces of legislation, which nobody likes to talk about. >> reporter: the major pillars of the republican agenda are gridlocked. there's no talk of a major infrastructure bill. overhauling the tax codes has been delayed, and senate republicans were forced to delay a vote to repeal and replace obamacare. >> is your effort to repeal obamacare dead? >> no, no, we're continuing to talk about it. it's a very complicated subject. >>

trump also kept his word and bowed out of the trance pacific trade partnership, which the obama administrationiated. >> i immediately withdrew the united states from the horrible, disastrous, would have been another nafta but worse trance pacific partnership. >> and trump has continued efforts to dismantle the affordable care act. >> at the core of this agenda, he is repealing and replacing the disaster known as obamacare. >> trump has also rolled back the administration's policy with cuba and the president has threatened to tear up the nuclear agreement with iran, but so far only a threat. it's not unusual for presidents wanting to change course from their predecessors. franklin delnor roosevelt wouldn't allow herbert hoover's name on what was called the boulder nam. george bush had the anything but clinton policy. and ronald reagan removed those so lar panels from the white house jimmy carter had installed. but presidential historian says those changes pale in comparison to what trump is doing. >> trump is trying to score point after point with his base by anything that obama signed or did o

out of the trans pacific partnership gave both sides the momentum. to get the deal done after four years of negotiations. agreement was found on two key stumbling blocks dairy and because. a ten percent duty on japanese car imports will be phased out by the eu. and tariffs will be slashed on e. products in japan with specialists cheese products protected. with the economic agenda and twenty seventeen characterized by trumps america first ideology and four exits. the product is also a symbolic win. one that its negotiators lost no time in highlighting disagreement go spiel frequent. it serves to stand up. for others. and it shows. that closing ourselves of the world is not a good for business. well for the global economy. not full works. as far as we are concerned there is no protection in protectionism. beyond the symbolism the deal is expected to boost economic growth and employment in both japan and in the eu. creating the world's biggest output economic area accounting for one third of global gdp. pritikin on today's trading action now european ma

already know one key act that he has already taken, which is to walk america away from the trans—pacific partnershipl which singapore was very much a part of. now the americans want no part of it. yes, we were disappointed by that, because we all spent a long time negotiating it. it was a hard—won deal, carefully balanced, and americans bargained hard and so did the other countries and we felt — singapore particularly felt — that it was important notjust economically, because it's 40% of the world's gdp brought in the participants — but also strategically because it deepened america's engagement in asia and gave a rationale for america to take a close interest in asia and try to make things work out well in asia. what signal does it send of america's feelings about its engagement with asia? well, i think it shows that on this issue, mr trump was following through on his campaign rhetoric, but i do not believe that the administration is planning to pull back from asia or to pull back from the world. i mean, on the contrary, he said he wants "a muscular engagement" and we will have to see what that me

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the trade agreement with mexico they make some minor adjustments my hope is with the trans pacific partnership which is eleven countries we don't advocate because china is going to be the beneficiary and maybe after the relationship with europe is strengthened again and the common market the european union agreement with the united states is brought back again it's not. let's talk about the app chilled border the the wall with maxie that president trump wants to build talents to built this wall in order to stop the illegal inflow of live lands and drugs now you have been governor to the state of new mexico you've experienced this problem firsthand would you welcome such tough measures of control gnome i think the wall is a very bad idea it's not going to work first of all illegal immigration from mexico is not the main problem it's on. migration from central american countries flame political oppression they come through tunnels they don't necessarily come through crossing the border actually immigration from mexico has dramatically decreased i speak as a border governor i think what we need i

looking for a big win on the global stage after president trump effectively torpedoed the trans pacific partnershipa petroleka is head of industry research at bmi research, and shejoins me now. so we were hearing some of the numbers involved. given that the trade between the eu and japan already accounts for so much, the question is, why have they not done a free—trade deal like this before? all these free trade deals are very comprehensive. they have had 18 rounds of negotiations just to get to the point of today worry have high—level political endorsement of the deal. so they do take a long time. we havejust talked the deal. so they do take a long time. we have just talked about or toes and agriculture, but there is a plethora of smaller issues and industries, data protection, everything, the entire spectrum that has to be negotiated. it has taken yea rs has to be negotiated. it has taken years to get here. your take on it is one of the big winners will be the pharmaceutical industry? in our view, a lot of the coverage of this has focused on agriculture and autos because they were the two bargain

two countries meanwhile you have president trump talking about he's pulled out of the trans-pacific partnership talking about withdrawing from nafta the north american free trade agreement and so that's at odds and then the third issue they're going to talk about is immigration where we have many european countries accepting tens of thousands of syrian refugees and in contrast to that you have president trump trying to impose a ban on citizens entering the u.s. from certain muslim countries and building a big and beautiful border wall to not let people in from mexico so the contrast couldn't be more stark so i don't think he's going to be able to go in there not in a sweet spot and say we're like let's go ahead and get a good deal for american prosperity i could be wrong i hope i'm wrong but it just doesn't seem like the cards are in the table let's talk about this chump meeting just got out a short time ago. all right what do we know. how far is this posturing going it's always how you know the leaders after these meetings they sit around they kind of say oh it was great it's a great is very p

president xi jinping was trying to work the crowd trying to fill in the void particular the trans-pacific partnership that created by the u.s. leaving so i think the next thing to watch on trade in general lindsay is what you mentioned and that is whether or not we do anything on steel import tariffs and quotas and if that's going to happen is probably going to be in the next two three weeks is my guess and it could just open up the floodgates for a lot of other things and be a big mess yeah let's talk about if i'm. sitting in for a father seats there at the g. twenty not well received in chelsea clinton was tweeting i would never have been put in that seat for a lot of people it seemed inappropriate she was laughing with christine lagarde what do you make of us well so my first and my wife mentioned it to be in my first reaction was viscerally that's totally not appropriate i mean i've been in these positions as like number two guy to a senator or to a cabinet member and as a staffer you would never you know put your still in there and and go go into it and so i don't think it's appropriate but that

but then you're still gonna have, he got out of the trans-pacific partnership, so you're gonna have some populist trade stuff. i think it's gonna be a blend that conservatives can live with and actually, if you look at some of, he's been using this thing called the crc, congressional review act, cra, congressional review act, where you can repeal obama-era regulations that weren't congressionally-approved, that were agencies just sort of unilaterally passed them. some good things are happening if you're a conservative. - i'm having a hard time, candidly, i'm having a hard time understanding what conservatives don't like about this guy because everything that's happened in the first 100 days is everything, not everything, many things, that conservatives had said for eight years, oh boy, oh boy, if only we get control of this operation, we're gonna do xyz or undo xyz. - yeah, and you could argue if a mainstream conservative like a marco rubio had gotten in, or john kasich. - what would be different? conservatives might like kasich less, right? - yeah, and part of the reason for that is tha

meanwhile of commerce secretary said they would renegotiate nafta to make it more like the trans-pacific partnership that is more like the deal that trump withdrew from the united states were the first days in office. it is getting a fraction of the attention because the trump show is always sold out the. >> he met with 190 corporations the first three months in office then when you read the news reports now they make up list -- but don't make a list public of who visits the white house anymore. >> so taking our eyes off so many things like the military industrial complex that the bloated pentagon budget is not enough with another $54 billion but there is no intention paid to that. >> is more than that basically he is a traveling weapons salesmen and. this is the sum total of his foreign policy because they for just a bunch of weapons this is what he likes now there is a huge weapons increase so then he goes to nato summit and they're not pulling their weight i am a dual canadian american citizen the prime minister went home to announce a massive increase of military spending. seventy% increase. and

and i want to thank all of you for creating the movement that defeated the trans-pacific partnership. it's not just trade that we've had an impact on. today, the idea of a trillion-dollar investment to create up to 15 million jobs?, -- jobs, good-paying jobs, by rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure is now widely accepted. just three years ago -- not even five years ago, three years ago -- i proposed a trillion-dollar investment, got virtually no support, had to cut it in half. but today, all across the political spectrum, people understand that we need to repair our broken bridges, our roads, our water systems, our wastewater plants, our levees, our dams, our airports. we need to build affordable housing. five years ago, you talked about paid family and medical leave, people didn't even know what you were talking about. but today, not only is support growing for paid family and medical leave, but the very radical concept that women in the year 2017 should not be paid 79 cents on the dollar, that we need equal pay for equal work, that's also growing. amy goodman: former presidential

applause] to protect american jobs and workers i withdrew the united states from both the trans-pacific partnershipotential disaster. and the job-killing paris climate accord. believe me. and if we don't negotiate a great deal with mexico and canada, we'll terminate nafta and start all over again. you remember when i was in youngstown, i said we'll either renegotiate nafta or terminate it. so let's see what happens. we are right now negotiating with the heads of mexico, good man, the president, and the prime minister of canada. good man, let's see what happens. we'll no longer be the foolish people. we'll no longer be the stupid people that can taken care of so badly by our politicians because they don't know what they are doing. we'll always work with our friends and partners, but we'll never again sacrifice ohio jobs or jobs from any state in our union to enrich other countries which has been what is happening to this country. [crowd chants "usa!] by the way, while we are on it, the iran deal which may be the single worst deal i have ever seen drawn by anybody, if that deal doesn't conform to wha

applause] >> to protect american jobs and worker, i withdrew the united states from the trans-pacific partnershiptial disaster. >> [cheers and applause] >> and the job killing powers climate accord. unemployment last month hit a 16-year low. since my election, we have added much more than one million jobs. >> sean: you will never hear that in the mainstream media. that's only a fractions of what the president has accomplished. also tonight in true trump fashion, the president fought back against his critics. the best part of the speech. watch this. >> sometimes they say he doesn't act presidential. >> [crowd noise] >> and i say, hey, look, great schools, smart guy. it's so easy to act presidential, but that won't get it done. it's much easier to act presidential than what we are doing here tonight. >> [cheers and applause] >> and i said, with the exception of the late, great abraham lincoln, i can be more presidential than any president that ever held this office. >> sean: do we want a president who just acts? tonight the president sent an important message that will reverberate across america an

to protect american jobs and workers, i withdrew the united states from both the trans-pacific partnership potential disaster and the job-killing paris climate accord. believe me. and if we don't negotiate a great deal with mexico and canada, we will terminate nafta, and we will start all over agai again. [cheers and applause] you remember when i was in youngstown, i said, we will either renegotiate nafta or will terminate it. so let's see what happens. but we are right now negotiating with the heads of mexico -- good men, the president -- and the prime minister of canada. good man. let's see what happens. but we will no longer be the foolish people. we will no longer be the stupid people that get taken care of so badly by our politicians because they don't know what they are doing. [cheers and applause] we will always work with our friends and partners, but we will never again sacrifice ohio jobs or jobs from any state in our union to enrich other countries, which has been what is happening. [crowd chanting "usa"] and, by the way, while we're on it, the iran deal, which may be the single

we can call it trump pacific partnership if you want. but it's just important that we continue to pursue these agreements, and i appreciate that you feel the same way, and i believe the president does as well. it's a difficult thing to do, we understand that, but it's worth it i believe, as is tax reform, as you've said here, it's difficult. again, i support the administration goals and things you've said, the key to economic growth and really the key to bettering the lives of the american people is economic growth. and regulatory form, tax reform trade all of those are key to that but there's one other element too it and this is my question now. i'm afraid you might not like my question but i'd appreciate your views on it. over the last several months as they released a skinny budget and full budget, i think everybody sitting up here have dozens or hundreds of meetings with people who came under concern about the budget. just generally by the nature of their concerns these are often democrats, they're liberal leaning groups because they

when president trump withdrew from the trans-pacific partnership he gave up a little bit of leadershipn the pacific where we're going to need help from all of our friends and all of the other countries there. >> well, the whole world is interconnected. on the international stage, malcolm, very quickly, do you give the president's performance an a, b, c? >> well, i would say it's more like a d. i mean, the united states, the global bulwark since world war ii has removed itself from the world and that's how it appears and to his, you know, political audience and base in the united states that's great, but they don't understand that we have also removed ourselves and are damaging u.s. trade and our ability to control foreign policy in the future. >> well, and when his base starts losing some of the jobs based on the trade, i don't know how much that base remains there. thank you, gordon chang and malcolm nance. >> joining me with more is congressman conner of california, a democrat who sits on the armed services committee. thank you for being with me this morning, congressman. >> thank yo

talked about before, they largely incorporated what we already agreed to through the trans-pacific partnerships very much in time to update this agreement i believe served all three of the countries well over the last 23 years. liz: you look at the deficit numbers. the deficit with canada, a couple of billion. i say a couple, because 11 billion is not that much but take a look at the trade deficit with mexico. it is 60 plus billion dollars. that is what the president is talking about right now. it is very unbalanced. shouldn't it become a bit fairer? >> it can be, liz. you know the difficulty of so much of that deficit what we define as where a good is manufactured. you take automobiles for example. you mentioned in your tease what happened to big automaker stocks. a car that might out being assembled at general motors plant in arlington, texas, may bo to mexico city for final finishing, that will count as import to the united states from mexico whether 35% of the content of work or 75% of the content of work has been done in the united states. just focusing on deficits can be a bit misleading

the biggest strategic mistake that americans are going to have to pay for is tpp, the trans-pacific partnership. that was more than just a trade deal. there was a military component keeping the asian pacific, the nato of the pacific, keeping north korea and china and check. by dismantling tpp, we have no check. we could have went to these people and asked for help against north korea. now since we have dismantled tpp, we have to pay for those consequences. guest: thank you for your points. two quick reactions. tpp is a trade deal, not a military organization. the military organizations and alliances we have in asia are intact. there is no expansion of them as a result of tpp, but there would not have been even if tpp had been ratified. i agree tpp was a good idea and had a lot of aspects that would have strengthened our overall strategic position in nonmilitary terms and that would have, i think on balance, enhanced our power. i do hope we can get back to it. on sanctions and president trump's motives in russia, if all he wanted to do was lift sanctions, he picked a funny cabinet to do that. am

the trans-pacific partnership that was withdrawn did that. beef in south dakota, japan was going to lower their tariff from 38% to 9% that. 's the kind of adepressive action that we want on -- aggressive action on trade. we that's what the trade deals ought to be about. i hope the administration will be working aggressively to open markets, expand markets, negotiate bilateral trade agreements. you start talking about import, you know, war, trade wars and taxes. i'm for opening markets to american goods. that's the ultimate way to solve this. not to put barriers up and restrict other countries from having access to our marketplace. >> neil: all right, senator, good seeing you. >> thank you. >> neil: to house freedom caucus key mayor in this, dave brat, republican from the state of virginia. what do you think of that, we were just talking on there, what the president said might be a tit for tat to respond to the taxes, charges on goods that foreigners charge our stuff that we return the favor here. >> yeah, i think it's fair. the one that the p

it followed the collapse earlier this year of the sweeping trans-pacific partnership, or tpp. in a statement, greenpeace blasted the japan-eu agreement, writing -- "this trade deal, and others like it, smack of corporate protectionism at the expense of democracy and the environment." in washington, d.c., the government's top ethics watchdog abruptly resignened thursday, months before his term was set to expire in january. walter shaub, jr., said he'll leave his post as head of the office of government ethics later this month and wilill taka job at a nonpartisan c campaign finanance reform group. shauaub told repteters he wasn't pressured d to resign, though h frequently cshshed with the white house e over his dememands thatat president trump d divestm his vast busininess holdings. this is walter shaub speakiningn janunuary about prpresidenent 's move to put his s holdings intoa trust opererated by his adult sons. >> this is not a blblind trust. not even close. i think politico call this a half blind trust, but it is not have way blind. billy ththg it has i in common with a bli

healthcare is the most prominent example, with the trans-pacific partnership trade deal, the paris accord, clean energy regulations by the e.p.a. and so on and so forth. in fact, you can say president obama's legacy is still unwritten because we don't know how it's going to wind up. >> glasser: was it too early to write the book then? >> no, it's never too early to write a book. i think this is a book that captures the eight years of president obama's ten your, both through pictures and text. this is different than many other books because it's a coffee table book with about 200 photographs from our crack photography staff, but there is also a mediocre text by one of the writers. >> but i want to get to this question, though, of what we come to understand about president obama and why it's really different, and that is really something that, you know, you've covered president clinton, president bush, president obama, now president trump. that's a lot of years in the white house. i think one of the things that we're debating all the time, right, is how much is president trump really unique