the tpp is bad for workers. no democrat should support it. workers need to stand up across this country and go after this issue. this is the death knell for the middle class in america if fast track is allowed to go through and the tpp just washes right out overseas with jobs. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. on the's question -- do you think your next-door neighbor knows about the tpp? text a for yes, b for no to 67622. you can go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we'll have results later in the show. for more, senator bernie sanders of vermont. good to have you with us. thank you so much. let's be clear on this. why was there limited testimony for those who oppose the trade agreement? >> well, look, historically, as you have pointed out in your discussion, this thing has been a stacked deck that corporate america has pushed through trade agreement after trade agreement with enormous lobbying erts, campaign contributions, and these results, these trade agreements, have ended up devastating working families and enriching lar

why would the tpp be any different? >> it won't be. i was disappointed in the washington post editorial that nafta allegedly cost us jobs. come to my hometown of flint, michigan. it didn't work out. we've heard these promises that these free trade agreements will open up other markets for our products. in exchange, we open our markets. the result is we end up competing with countries that have labor standards that are nowhere near ours. we're being asked to trust us. even if the agreement has the high standards platform where labor and environmental obligations are higher, unless we have an enforcement mechanism that allows us to punish those who violate, we'll be in the same place we are now. >> i think the american people understand numbers and charts. kent conrad was the chairman of the senate budget committee. he was famous for bringing charts to the floor and showing everybody was these numbers were actually going to do. how come the proponents of tpp haven't brought any charts to the floor to show the american people the real numb

if president obama wants to keep this trend going, he should put an end to the tpp. i have to call him out on this in all fairness to american workers. there's no way you're going to rebuild the middle class in this country to where it was four years ago if this trade agreement goes through. there's no doubt that the tpp will ship jobs overseas. tell us that. tell us the tpp will not ship jobs overseas. i don't hear that audio, and i'm being fair about it. i started this segment talking about fair play. fair play is transparency and open debate. when you send this to the congress and they get no input whatsoever, that's not democracy. the american public deserves to know what's going on with this bogus free trade agreement. at the beginning of the segment, i mentioned fairness. we have a guy max baukuss on our hands. there will be four people who are in favor of fast track and there will be one voice opposing fast track. sound fair to you? no. that's not fair. it's not going to be three people for and three people against. this is going to be manufactured. there's goi

>> i was an economist, and a teacher, so my first impression of the tpp -- tpp was the enlargement ofade system, which is good, but just before the opening aipac meeting , which was held in yokohama wase years ago, there interrogation with the ministry of commerce and others, asking me, knowing me i am a friend of k therime minister, to as prime minister not to join in tpp or -- negotiations. i was surprised. they responded that initially the islands, compose a different ethnicities -- this is a sensitive issue. different strategies and policy for each ethnicity. tpp will be on the mind by and that is the reason for not participating. i was surprised, and started to to study.e -- started many pointed out the problems of free trade agreement with the united states, and because of andfta, korean industries korean farming industries are , and when ied visited the united states to everyonepp issues, said please study the u.s.-korea free trade agreement, and the tpp will be a higher standard. i saw the difficulties. >> how specifically will tpp affect japan? >> well, at the initial phase,

this deal, the tpp, is nafta on steroids. this is going to be quite a tap-dance at the state of the union as i see it because i don't believe president obama in any way, shape, or form is going to be talk about raising wages in this country, doing the minimum wage, being fair to workers without talking about the true issues of trade that are killing our workers. and we're on the verge of doing fast track and we're on the verge of doing the trans-pacific partnership, which is only going to be nafta on steroids and it's only going to add to those charts. in fact, we're going to be doing deals with countries that they say are going to compete with china. yeah, with our jobs. it's not going to be a level playing field. mr. president, i have a request. i think that you should come out and show us some positive chars at the the state of the union. you know, get your easel up there and put some charts up and say this is what's going to happen if we do the tpp and this is how we're going to fix income inequality. going around and talk

why to you support the tpp when all indications are that is a job killer for the american people andket? will you explain what the upside of the tpp is that would bring you to the point you are an ardent supporter of it? stick around. >>> market wrap. stocks end with gains following positive earnings reports from fiezer and ford. s&p 500 adds 10. the nasdaq is up 14. rising consumer confidence. the index of sentiment came in ahead of estimates. home prices rose more than 13% than last year. that's it from cnbc. i tr ied depend last weekend. i tr ied it really made the difference between a morning around the house and getting a little exercise. unlike the bargain brand, depend gives you new fit-flex®, our best protection. it's a smooth and comfortable fit with more lycra strands. get your free sample at depend.com. (voseeker of the sublime.ro. you can separate runway ridiculousness... from fashion that flies off the shelves. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. and only national is ranked highest in car rental customer sat

why is the obama administration pushing the tpp and why is there silence? orked on by the u.s. trade representative and by almost every multinational corporation. and none of us, no unions, no governmental groups, no student groups. none of the people that are focused on the future of our citizens and our nation work on this at all. so it's no different than if you were building a houls. whoever builds it is going to determine what it looks like. and it's the same thing. we're not building it. we're on the outside. and then as you said, they'll fast track it as they've done every trade deal for 20 years so that in the blink of an eye the corporate lobby which will be 100% behind this will work on both parties to get this through. that house democrats and republicans are stand up now. 200 of them have written to the president. saying no on fast track. and no on the transpacific so-called partnership. that's where we can stop this. that's going to take a mass movement. we're building that movement with consumers and labor. and it will be millions of us ready t

america needs to be paying attention to the tpp. 75 lawmakers that have signed on to a letter to shift it over to the white house to say wake up, hello, this is not good for workers. stay tuned. >>> james hoffa, general president of the international brotherhood of the teamsters joins me tonight. mr. hoffa, good to have you with us. >> how are you, ed? >> very well, sir. this is the heavy lift i think for 2014 for workers. are there enough lawmakers to realize that fast track is really a bad idea and could rely on what has happened with nafta? what do you think? >> well, all you going to think what happened with nafta. we lost over i think a million jobs. they got nafta. the workers got shafta. everybody knows that. and now we're reenacting that all over again. what's going on here? how could it be that they're talking about fast track, and no one really knows what is in the agreement. now granted, they're going to say oh, we're negotiating it. but there is a text, there is something that has been out there. why doesn't that put out

they don't have the numbers about the tpp. our economy and leaked information alone. all of the negotiations have been done in secret, signing off on trade promotion authority would put time limits on congressional consideration and prevent any amendments or even debate. not many people like that. it would give president obama the obama administration more leverage with trading partners in its negotiations, but less input from congress. it is blindly signing up to send jobs overseas without putting up any fight, as i see it. the trade promotion authority bill was presented by max baucus of montana who is about to leave the senate to become the ambassador to china. interesting, isn't it? democrats should not give into this no matter how badly president obama says he wants it. if any democrat is going to fall for this, this theory that it's going to be better for the economy, they're really not a true supporter of the middle class or manufacturing and labor in this country. we should hold them accountable. james hoffa, president

china is one of the countries in tpp. so with these investor rules, if a u.s. . they don't have to use the courts because they can go to these corporate tribunals, and they get compensation for regulatory costs. it's literally pushing them away. that's in the tpp. >> that's the sovereignty issue even republicans are very concerned about, the tea partiers especially. this is creating a divide between democrats and the president and the white house at a very crucial time. how is this going to unfold? >> well, you know, it's a pretty shocking state of affairs, because you have president obama talking about income equality and wisely so. it's a plague in our country. but actually, the data shows that these kinds of trade agreements are one of the major contributors to increasing income inequality. so here we are 20 years into nafta. in nafta, there was a huge offshoring of high paying jobs in manufacturing, but services too. a million jobs gone. now, it's not the total number of jobs, it's the quality of the jobs and the kind of wages. we got lower paying jobs. and

here we go again with the tpp. >> president obama said he wants to fast-track the tpp.ain what that means. >> under fast-track, it is a mechanism that nixon cooked up in the 1970's where congress delegates away its constitutional authorities. under fast-track, if that were to be passed, congress basically would give away controlling the trade agreement and control in a bill that comes to congress. so if there's is fast-track safer tpp, president obama could sign the agreement before congress votes for him regardless of what the contents are and whether or not it meets with congress said should be in there, and the u.s. congress under the constitution has exclusive authority over trade. despite that, delegate it away. the president could sign it before it was voted on. .nd railroaded through congress legislation written by the executive branch, not amendable and congressional committee, passed with who knows what other things that you would not want have an going to congress, yes or no vote on the floor of the house 60 days after submitted, 90 days in the senate, no amen

amari says it's a good sign for the tpp. >> translator: this shows a strong intention by the u.s. to conclude the transpacific partnership agreement. >> amari also commented on the weak yen. he said japan's monetary policy is not designed to control foreign exchange rates. >>> and that is going to wrap it up for biz tonight. let's close things out with the markets. >>> every morning investors turn their attention to asia. the tokyo market leads the way. and markets around the world follow. >> from the decisions that could change the course of an economy. >> to the latest business trends. >> up to the minute market reports. >> and analysis by specialists from around the world. >> get all the latest business news and insight every day. here on "newsline." >>> delegates from more than 30 countries have met in washington to discuss ways to cooperate in exploring space. analysts say the u.s. is hoping to solidify its position as the key player in the exploration of our solar system and beyond. the u.s. government hosted the international space exploration forum. the delegates discussed

i think that's stepping up all of this to the tpp is a very critical component in moving the next tiert-nafta. i don't think you have to open up nafta per se in order to achieve what we are trying to achieve. there are plenty of ways for us in cooperative then we discussed a lot of them this morning with respect to borders, with respect to regulations, with respect to energy cooperation, technology, innovation, investment. there are a host of things that we can move forward on that will take us to the next level without having to go back and reopen them. i think we are well engaged and looking forward to a much more robust relationship. what we did do today was set down a series is a sipc items that we will follow up on quickly so that these can be the items that our presidents and prime minister wind up engaging on in a meeting in february. i think today's meeting holds up the prospect of that could be a more productive and more specific engagement as a result. >> we believe that nafta has been an unqualified success. the transpacific partnership. negotiation that all three of us are

the tpp would establish a free- trade zone stretching from the united states to chile to japan, encompassing nearly 40% of the global economy. we will look at okinawa and the tpp later in the week hama but we begin today's show looking at the rightward shift in japan under prime minister shinzo abe, who was reelected just over a year ago. abe heads the country's liberal democratic party, and is known as a conservative hawk who has pushed nationalistic and pro- nuclear policies. in december, he visited the controversial yucca sunni -- showing you which honors japanese soldiers who died in battle. the visit sparked outrage from china and south korea, who consider the shrine a symbol of japanese militarism, and his refusal to atone for atrocities committed in china and korea in the first half of the 20th century. for more and join in our tokyo studio by koichi nakano, professor at sophia university here in tokyo, and director of the institute of global concern at the university. we welcome you, professor, to democracy now! explainglobal audience, japan's politics today. >> well, it is sad to sa

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an alternative would be to address it in the tpp. this should be done carefully making sure the issue is not captured by a few constituencies in the u.s. and derail the prospects of broader liberalization under the tpp. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, dr. subramanian. the chair recognizes himself for five minutes. thank you all for your testimony. okay, i think i heard a resounding agreement at least that qe does have an impact. qe in the u.s. has an impact on foreign market and on the international economy generally. i heard from a bunch of you things that currency manipulation, trade barriers, capital flows, all kinds of different things like that. what i want to try and do and dr. subramanian has a different view to the efficacy of the impact you do. i want to have you respond to each other's points if you will. if we make it out of first grade level, rather than all of the economic speak, let's try and say, what is the impact? what is the basic fundamental impact? either dr. steil, meltzer or someone, anyone who does not ag

there's no way anybody can say the tpp will create jobs at home. democrats dropped the ball on unemployment as i see it. they're not going to get this done, but they can make up for it by coming back and fighting hard against a trade agreement that's going to create more unemployment americans. this is as bad as it's ever been in america since the great depression in terms of unemployment. we're going to have all kinds of problems, folks. democrats need to send a clear message to the president of the united states that his team is leading him into a field where this dog don't hunt. we hear a lot about creating jobs. how many times has boehner come out and said, where are the jobs? this is about protecting american workers. how about we do that? since these guys won't help us create jobs, democrats, how about protecting some industries and some american jobs if they're not going to help us create anything? here's what's going to happen in the halls of congress. let me tell you, they're lobbying hard on this. the corporatists, they're out lobbying big

are afraid cheap imported rice might flood the home market if tariffs are drastically reduced under the tpp. >> i like the taste. my son likes japanese rice a lot. so we usually cook this at home. >> meanwhile the group is facing intense competition. the same brand in vietnam is sold for less than half the price of the same brand grown in japan. officials of the japanese farmers group say they will try harder to have their rice known to local consumers to survive the competition. that is going to do it for biz tonight. i'll close things out with the markets. >>> every morning investors turn their attention to asia. the tokyo market leads the way and markets around the world follow. >> from the decisions that could change the course of an economy. >> to the latest business trends. >> up-to-the-minute market reports. >> and analysis by specialists from around the world. >> get all the latest business nice in "insight" every day here on "newsline." >>> journalists working in egypt for a broadcaster that criticized the interim government are fighting for their freedom. prosecutors say they indi

from kentucky rand paul to be a part of this and talk about the tpp and american jobs. he refused tonight to be on the program. we asked him about next week and got no response. the same with michele bachmann from minnesota who claims to be a big advocate for american jobs. i ask any republican in the congress bring your numbers to this program and let's talk about the tpp. that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton starts right now. good evening, rev. >> good evening, ed. >>> and thanks to you for tuning in. tonight's lead, the investigation widens. we're tracking major developments in the chris christie bridge scandal. all day we've been learning details of the subpoenas sent to top christie aides in what has been a dramatic expansion of this case. investigators from the new jersey assembly and senate are trying to learn why lanes to the george washington bridge were shut down for four days in september, and what efforts were made to conceal those closings. what is striking is how close the subpoenas are to the governor himself. th

those are the kind of issues that are being negotiated in the tpp. sensitivity to the fact if we get all of the countries to credible an enforceable high level roles and it's good for each of us individual and it's good for us globally. but it's not good if the rules are broken and we need to be vigilant as we are to make sure that when we make agreements, the agreements are kept. >> secretary lew, you've got to get to work before the stock market opens at 9:30 imacs i want to thank you for joining us today and also thank the council on foreign relations for holding this event. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> [inaudible conversations] on capitol hill the u.s. senate gavels in at 10 eastern and will take up consideration of a $1.1 trillion on the spending bill that funds the government through the end of the fiscal year, september 30. the house passed the measure yesterday with bipartisan support. live coverage as always of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. yesterday ahead of the international monetary fund, christine lagarde, said the world econo

globalization is actually holding us all back. >> you think the president is going to talk about the tpp favor of it, this would be the perfect time for the president in detail spell out to the american people what's the upside. what do you think? >> i think he'll talk about it. unfortunately, this is the part of his administration that deals with the u.s. chamber of commerce. our own commerce department. and they will fixate on exports. and they will ignore the fact that the multinational corporations, including honeywell, who testified with me on thursday, they don't care where they produce. it's about how they maximize profits. and that's okay. that's what they're there for. but we have to stay focused on the imports and where our only multinationals are going to produce and what it means for an american worker to compete with the vietnamese worker in manufacturing who if they're lucky makes 75 cents an hour and has no rights. that's what this transpacific partnership and fasttrack are all about. >> and the other thing is when you hear environmental standards, we're talking about the

bigger story in america when it comes the jobs and the recovery of our economy and our future than the tpp. that's "the ed show." i'm ed schultz. "politicsnation" starts right now. >>> good evening, ed. thanks to you for tuning. in tonight's lead, federal inquiry. it's been a day of important developments in the investigation of governor christie's administration. the u.s. attorney in new jersey took steps to determine if federal laws were broken in closing access lanes to the george washington bridge. u.s. attorney paul fishman issued subpoenas to key aides and allies of governor chris christie, demanding documents related to lane closings, dating all the way back to 2010. among those receiving subpoenas, bridget kelly, the former deputy chief of staff who sent the e-mail, "time for some traffic problems in ft. lee." david wildstein, the bridge official who replied "got it." and bill baroni, wildstein's boss, also subpoenaed, the christie for governor reelection campaign and the new jersey republican state committee. a lawyer for those entities says the documents will be forthcoming. quot

the ed show." our first question comes from april thompson. president barack obama's support of tpppsychology? maybe this is his way if he takes a stance for the tpp, it will motivate a lot of people to stand up and speak about it. pretty serious issue to take on to think that would be a good way to get it done, but i hope you're correct on that. what would dr. king say about the climate of union busting today? he would be totally against it. he was in memphis, tennessee, before he was assassinated fighting for the garbage workers who were in the midst of a strike. when it comes to workers rights, equal rights, women's rights, income inequality, i think dr. king would have a full plate and full schedule. rapid response panel is next. >>> emergency officials in nebraska say people have died in a deadly explosion at a feed processing plant. >>> russian security officials maybe looking for four black widows that may looking to target sochi. so i tri ed depend so i last weekend. tri it really made the difference between a morning around the house and getting a little exercise. hi-ya! an

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. >> the tpp will bring 40% of the world's economy, world's economy, together. >> this is another naftaen a good deal. both have become more competitive in the world marketplace as a result. >> and there is a tooth fairy and an easter bunny. >> the trans-pacific partnership, which has an ability to be able to raise standards of doing business. >> let's look at reality instead of theory. >> i can tell you trade promotion authority is a priority, not in theory but in fact. >> the middle class is being offshored. >> literally millions of jobs have been lost, have been sent offshore.

the tpp is part of that. work hard toould get that passed, i think we should work hard to get china involved in the process. if we can open up those emerging economies, it will just make those markets bigger, more . . as general tilelli says, we have historically been doing that for 60 years now. think that strength, that understanding that having the same basic core values between our two countries enables us to work through some of the difficult issues that face us now and will face us in the future, continue to face us in the future. the biggest one is how to maintain stability with kim jong-un and north korea and what he has been doing and his father before him. i am very confident that this alliance will continue to work together to maintain that strength that is needed for anything that comes in the future. thanks, and first off, it is an honor for me to be here. dr. hicks and dr. -- i would tell you the alliance is very strong. i am probably three months removed. i had never served in korea. it was the

i think stepping up all of us to the tpp is a critical component to moving through next year post nafta you do not have to open up nafta to achieve what we are trying to achieve. there are plenty of ways for us in cooperation -- and we discussed a lot of them this morning with respect to borders, with respect to regulations, with respect to energy cooperation, technology, innovation, investment. there are a host of things that we can move forward on that will take us to the next level without having to go back and reopen it. i think we are well engaged and looking forward to a much more robust relationship. what we did do today was set down a series of specific items that we will follow up on quickly so that these can be the items that our presidents and prime minister will end up negotiating in february. today's meeting holds out the prospect that this can be eneficial. >> we believe nafta has been an unqualified success. the transpacific partnership trade negotiation which all three of us are in offers of us the opportunity to strengthen the trilateral partnership, and we are going to

with have to express interest in joining the tpp or studying the discussions. we are also pursuing with china as well as china and japan together. so in other words we have a lot of things going on in the trade side. so obviously we would like to further liberalize it. it not only help boost export and imimportant provide greater -- within it as well. it's one area. second area is creator of the pursuing policy that will end competition in the market. it's very focused on ensuring that competition in korea product market is improved. and she would like through ensuring the regulatory framework is in tact. and also the competition-based or unfair competition in the system. these thing she immediately cleared the g20 summit. that's a work in progress. and lastly but not least. we have a policy established that -- creative economy. that's the last slide i was showing that -- the pots trying to convert innovation in to tfp. that's the shortest and the most probably accurate discrepancies of the economy. i'll give you one simple example. innovation is not -- innovat

proposal in the tpp negotiation, that the u.s. was proposing. i think the u.s. is on the wrong side of that issue. another thing is that on sound recordings which are not protected by the byrne commission, there's no obligation to have formalities. so far not all things that are considered copyrighted indiana stays are actually required under international obligations of the byrne commission picks i think a deep and technical look on where you can introduce formalities -- some people like and the recording industry have expressed some openness to the idea that it was made, it would be a good idea to sort of give more protection to people -- i'm sorry, i'm going to wind this up. the final thing, the treaty for the blind provides an opportunity for the united states to share its collection of works done better copyright except for blind people in other countries. i think that needs to be fixed. >> mr. chairman, my time has expired but i notice mr. nimmer wanted to jump in on that as well, if i may. >> objection. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the written statement i

the proposal in the tpp negotiation do that thing that the u.s. is actually imposing. i think the sus in the wrong side of that issue. another thing on sound -- which are not protected by the burn convention will there's no obligation to have a more faulty . not all things considered copyright in the united states are required under the burn convex formality. i think a deep and technical look where so you can introduce them. some people in the recording industry have expressed some openness to the idea it maybe would be a good idea to sort of give more protection to people i'm sorry. the final thing the treaty for the blend provides an opportunity for the united states to share the collections of work zone with people in other country. thank you, mr. chairman. the written statement i submitted put two other matters in to the hopper. one, the united states supreme court last year ruled that gray market goods can be freely purchased abroad and imported in to country justice's opinion we said we think it's intended congress it. if not they can tell us. there's a parallel

the tpp is part of that. hard toould get that passed, i think we should work hard to get china involved in the process. if we can open up those emerging economies, it will just make those markets bigger, more vibrant for the kinds of things that we produce here in the united states. host: the front page of "the usa today," with a headline about income and -- income inequality across the globe. they found the richest one percent owned nearly half of the world's wealth. this tweet -- agree, income ofquality, inequality wealth, inequality of consumption, is a very serious problem. wealth and income consumption have become very skewed, increasingly so. with the factors driving the , ating so firmly in place some point it could probably effect -- has probably already affected, the global environment, the laws that we make. this generally reinforces this. we do need to address it. i do not think that a financial transaction tax, which the person proposed, is going to work. you arearly because if going to work on so

i think stepping up all of us to the tpp is a critical component of moving through next year tier post-nafta you do not have to open up nafta to achieve what we are trying to achieve. there are plenty of ways for us in cooperation -- and we discussed a lot of them this morning with respect to borders, with respect to regulations, with respect to energy cooperation, technology, innovation, investment. there are a host of things that we can move forward on that will take us to the next level without having to go back and reopen it. i think we are well engaged and looking forward to a much more robust relationship. what we did do today was set down a series of specific items that we will follow up on quickly so that these can be the items that our presidents and prime minister will end up negotiating in february. today's meeting halls out the -- holds out the prospect that this can be beneficial. mr. baird? >> we believe nafta has been an unqualified success. the transpacific partnership trade negotiation which all three of us are in offers of us are in, offers of us the opportunity to strength

that hassing the tpp been negotiated in secret meetings. congress has no access to those documents. when members have attempted to get details on those, they are shown maybe one page without any backup data. they can even figure out what they are being shown. mid-1970's, the executive branch and the trade arena has taken congress i 'power away from it. they always use the argument, it nationalal -- in the interest to do so. no, not when you have evidence of the trade model that has been in place since the 1970's. we have accumulated trade deficits over $9 trillion and , two .7 of lost jobs million jobs lost to china because of the agreement. the korean deal has not resulted in the sales of u.s. cars that we were promised. every single one has been a failure in terms of their benefits to the american people. we need a pro-american trade model. i hope that this president -- i'm sure he is listening this morning. standarduld just set a for his staff and his negotiators, until these trade agreements result in trade surpluses with the united states , we should not using that o ld trade m

we don't know what they are the links tout wiki leak is sopa. if sopa but isn't tpp, it is dead. time is expired and i yield back. >> let me thank the chairman for the generosity of time. panel and excellent well committed in this area and with a lot of history in this area as well. not enough time for our questions. i just want to go across to everyone. i know that you spoke to different issues in my colleague mentioned sopa. i just want a yes or no to this question -- do you feel that congress should way into your particular issue of testimony of today? mr. namer? >> yes. >> no. >> not yet. >> you should pay attention to the negotiation on the broadcast treaty. >> is that a yes or no? >> should you change u.s. law in that area deck of -- area? >> yes or no? >> we don't even know what the treaty is yet. >> no. >> absolutely, yes. >> thank you very much. >> in your testimony you noticed where a egp user that goes to trial is held by the fact that a with this promotion -- disproportionate damage -- could you please elaborate on this? i have one or two other questions. we'll would

president obama also sought fast-track authority to give lawmakers an up or down vote on the trade deals such as tpptransatlantic or transpacific partnership. exporters areur small businesses, new trade partnerships with europe and the asia-pacific will help them create even more jobs. we need to work together on tools like bipartisan trade promotion authority to protect our workers, protect our environment and open new markets to new goods stamped "made in the usa." [applause] we know that the nation that listen, china and europe aren't standing on the sidelines; and neither -- neither should we. we just returned from japan. there is a huge discussion about the transpacific partnership. most people would not even know what it is. >> one of the things that is a problem is the economic situation has been so stagnant for most people for so long and because the government in washington has been so dysfunctional that americans have tuned out. i don't think the press has done a good job at all on trade agreements. if you go back to nafta in the 1990's. people essentially don't even understand these agree

with your nontariff barriers and most of these countries and with many of the tpp, -- countries with higher labor standards. that means we have significant potential to gain in terms of improving trade, reducing those nontariff barriers and a race to the top in terms of labor and environmental such as in the economic piece the president made in his state of the union address. in terms of what we need from congress, we've always said that would be a process. that's something we would work with them on and that something that will be an ongoing effort and one that you will see us making. >> thank you. kevin. [inaudible] >> what do you expect a labor market -- [inaudible] toggled it about what your expectations over seven years will be for the labor, participation rate. and then more narrowly, tied to the, how much do we know about the geography of the longer-term unemployed? some of the long-term unemployed may be different from someone and a bustling area like dallas. can you give us a sense of how do you avoid being overly broad in these efforts to reach out to the long-term unemploye

we help leak the september -- tpp negotiation the negotiation something like 40% of the world's gdp in that negotiation. we don't know what the current version is. neither do you. i don't see how you can expect a trade agreement which you can and mexico basically newscast that triple square with that much gdp on the table. not even know what is going on. not have it transparent. i think the congress is fallen down by allowing copyright policy to be made in secret in the trade agreement. >> thank you. i yield back. >> thank you. the gentleman from florida. thank you, mr. chairman. >> professor, i wanted to so. assertion you make in your written testimony. all of this to support your assertion there's no need for making available right. you say the unauthorized copying distribution of streaming work as cro the internet are not a problem with copyright would have us believe. you talk about the purpose of copyright is not maximize revenue, but to make the work more widely available. you said here today that the measures of outspot what we should look at. no the the money made the -- better

the trade issue is one of the wiggest opportunities we have, both the tpp and the european u.s.ident will deal with this base and move this along. so yes, i do. i think we've got opportunities with immigration. i think if we can focus more on those things that unite us as a nation, the country's pessimism would dissipate but we can also move ahead. again, unfortunately this speech will, i promise, it will be totally poll tested towards the november elections. and i just think, again, what a shame of just three years left in your presidency, at least that's the indication that we're getting relative to this evening. but again, that's what presidents on both sides of the aisle unfortunately have done for so many years with these state of the union talks. and almost wish they would just send a document up to us and avoid all of this hype, if you will, that we're going through right now. >> we're definitely going to go through with it, that's for sure, senator. thanks for your time. see you soon. bob corker of tennessee. >>> keep it rig here for all of your state of the union covera

how do you reassure those members of labor unions and those in the progressive left that this tpp partnershiptake jobs away from the united states the way a lot of people, particularly in the midwest, believe nafta did? >> well, let me start with, you know, how do i look at my job. i view my job, i get up every day and think about how do we create the conditions in which american companies can grow and create jobs. and i think tpp is one of those great examples. and we know for every $5 billion of additional trade, 5,000 jobs are created in the united states. so what we need to do is educate our representatives and our senators, as well as the american public about the opportunities that come with free trade agreements, and we know that our companies, the number-one thing i heard from companies -- and i went out in my first 100 days in my position and spoke with business leaders. the number one thing they're interested is in for free trade agreements so they can grow their businesses -- >> right. >> -- so they can hire more people, because they want to export. >> so this is misinformation? yo

that opens markets for manufacturers, farmers and service providers, and forces the digital and creative economies and tpp must include strong intellectual property protections in order to earn our unqualified support and that of the congress. the chamber will also lead the business community's efforts in support of a trans -- transatlantic trade and investment partnership that will be with the eu, and remember i said they need economic stimulus in a big way. we're also working on a trade and services agreement with an expansion of the wto information it technology agreement. put those all together, there are going to be more jobs, going to be more economic growth, and there's going to be more global economic success. we're pushing bilateral investment treaties with china and other countries as well as much needed improvements in intellectual property protections, especially in india. and with 20 years of nafta success under the belt, it's time to move the north american partnership of nafta success under the belt, time to move the north america partnership to another level, working together to gather ene

. >> and that's the frame from which we should judge all pieces of legislation. under that criteria, fast track and tpp fail. >>> coming up, more from my exclusive interview. >> you want to do something

the u.s. ttiphe end of tpp and negotiations, we will have trade with more than 65% of the world.th in the u.s. economy and market, a strong role of law, abundant sources of clean and affordable energy. it makes the u.s. the production platform of choice. >> but all they are thinking about is that jobs get outsourced. >> the point i would like to make -- take all these factors together, it makes companies want to invest more in the u.s., including in manufacturing. we are already seeing that. industry after industry, companies from around the world. country from the u.s. bringing production back and companies from around the world deciding that between trade agreements and strength of the u.s. economy, this is where they want to be based. they want to produce in the u.s. and use the u.s. as their export file form to the rest of the world. these trade agreements are a key part of that. these trade agreements will create jobs and promote growth. >> michael froman, thank you for joining us. also to michael mckee. that does it for today on "in the loop." tomorrow, domino's ceo patrick

that opens markets for manufacturers, farmers and service providers, and forces the digital and creative economies and tpp must include strong intellectual property protections in order to earn our unqualified support and that of the congress. the chamber will also lead the business community's efforts in support of a trans -- transatlantic trade and investment partnership that will be with the eu, and remember i said they need economic stimulus in a big way. we're also working on a trade and services agreement with an expansion of the wto information it technology agreement. put those all together, there are going to be more jobs, going to be more economic growth, and there's going to be more global economic success. we're pushing bilateral investment treaties with china and other countries as well as much needed improvements in intellectual property protections, especially in india. and with 20 years of nafta success under the belt, it's time to move the north american partnership of nafta success under the belt, time to move the north america partnership to another level, working together to gather ene

asking questions like is the way the path of america was structured today answering the needs of our country? no. tpp tension happening. >> embodied by bill clinton, the hope who had that narrative but bill clinton was also -- >> deregulated. >> exactly. >> you saw the clintons -- you saw the clintons come to this i think because they see the energy, where the energy is in an ascendant wing of the democratic party. also on a small scale if bill de blasio is going to get his signature achievement, universal pre-k, through, he needs to show andrew cuomo, governor, who is not in sync with bill de blasio, for tax cuts, not saying to the rich nest the city that, hey, you know, you can pay a lilt more, $173 a year, one soy latte a day as bill de blasio put it. i think if hillary clinton is going to run, it is a different democratic party in many ways and she needs to move toward the energy. i i'd like to see them campaigning for universal pre-k nationally. >> we still have ralph nader with us. obviously, mr. nader, you took certain critiques about the ability of a progressive populist movement to be electo

the economy? >> what is economically important is tpp. we are currently negotiating. you cannot negotiate those with our partners and you cannot implement them here in the united states if we do not have tpa. the goal here is not some kind of process. the goal here is these two trade agreements. what we want to be looking at is all the ways which i spoke to these tradet how agreements would expand economic growth, expand good paying jobs in the united states. what is important in that regard is that it is clear that we are moving forward toward getting that on the trade promotion authority. we were very clear that this was a start of a process. this is a process that would involve a love of occultations and engagement. it is something that i can tell you right now the white house are really focused on continuing to push forward. particularve a timetable for you in that regard. >> [inaudible] this datet give you is this cost and that date is that cost type of answer. the important is that ambassador is negotiating with the europeans and our other partners in both of the

the importance of community colleges. next is tom joining us from dayton ohio. i am going to watch because of this tpp stuff. 's all about the corporations. been sold out is american people. it is just disgusting. it is terrible. outst we straighten this people are only going to be making $1.30. go bernie sanders and go elizabeth warren. >> thank you very much for the call. president touching on the scenes that he will outline in greater detail on tuesday night. [video clip] here's more with the president. keep strengthening our criminal justice system. we will keep reaching out to survivors to make sure they are getting all the support they need to heal. we will combat sexual assault in our armed forces. when one of our military is attacked by people he or she trusts, that is something our nation should never and/or. it is really up to all of us. we have to teach young people, men and women, to be brave enough to stand up and put an end to these crimes. we especially have to teach young men to show women the respect they deserve. real men to not hurt women. who are fathers have a special obligation to make s

the left, and not just that, but i would love to see bernie sanders ron. [applause] so my answer is yes to all of them. [laughter] if obama fast tracks tpp, where should allegiance lie? again, you don't shoot -- just because of the single issue, we shouldn't, we've got to stop this circle firing squad mentality. god forbid we have john mccain as president when syria was happening, or met ron as are president, you know? can you -- so again, the simple answer to that is, if you don't want something to happen, get engaged, politically involved either inside or outside the party, get involved, show up. why do we seem to have a mount everest climb to overturn citizens united? because what they did is it said -- it was the ultimate fulfillment. i talk about in the book. because what it did was it said corporations and rich people, that money is the sinking of speech and, therefore, is protected by the first amendment. it can't be regulated in an election. corporations are the same thing as people and under the 14th amendment they have the same rights to participate as individuals. these are crazy policies. no legislature has ever voted for the