we will work to complete negotiations on a free trade agreement with india in 2013, and we will begin entry talks with the transpacific partnership while also pursuing other avenues to advance our trade in asia. i will of course, for example, be making another official visit to china very shortly. we will also continue working with the obama administration to implement our joint beyond the border initiative. this is our plan to deepen our economic and security links to our most important partner. however, at the same time, we will make it a national priority to ensure we have the capacity to export our energy products beyond the united states and specifically to asia. in this regard, we will soon take action to ensure that major energy and mining projects are not subject to unnecessary regulatory delays. that is delay merely for the sake of delay. this compliments work we're already doing, and that we will move forward on with the canadian federation of independent business to cut the burden of red tape for entrepreneurs. we will also undertake significant reform of our immigration sy

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it works -- the beauty of korean free trade agreement is it works both ways. it benefits everyone and the benefit for the south koreans in the u.s. market is actually delayed relative to some of our other competitors into korea. so it works both ways, absolutely. that's why it was passed because it serves the needs of many different constituents. >> will hyundai build a pickup truck? that's a tweet from rio raider. >> it's a question we get all the time. it's not currently in our product plans. we like to say never say never. but it's a difficult business. i think we have a tremendous amount of respect for toyota and that full-sized pickup market is difficult. you're dealing with ford and chevrolet that have been there a long time, with amortized costs. it's a tough business to be in. we play at two-thirds of the industry. we don't have heavy trucks or full-sized suvs. we don't have minivans right now. so we're not in the entire spectrum of the industry. and our plan right now is not to go into the heavy truck business. >> are hyundai plants in the u.s. unioni

it was his reciprocal trade agreements in 1947, and it was hall's reciprocal trade that gives the president the authority to create these trade agreements. in many ways in terms of u.s. foreign economic policy, he's a gigantic figure, but as i said, largely forgotten. >> i also want to take a minute, and the contemporary rell vents of today's talk and certainly when we talk about the special relationship that was brought up earlier by lynn olsen, we can think about that special relationship manifesting itself very recently with respect to prime minister blair's decision to support george w. bush's decision about going into iraq. it was very controversial in great something by the way that the canadians decided not to do which caused controversy and strife in canada. which issing because the canadians are part of that anglo-american relationship. and there are many strains that we can point to that came over that, and we -- and in britain, not so much in the united states, but in britain both gordon brown and david cameron, there's been a great deal of discussion, as to the special relations

continue fighting the international piracy and to their politicians who support the notorious trade agreement activists say it allows governments to police the internet under the guise of protecting copyrights. and after two weeks of talks deadlock greece and its wonders could deal with days will reduce the country's debt meanwhile the eurozone crisis has been the focal point down to be any world economic forum in davos. next explore russian traditions in italy this time r.t. is moscow out team takes you to florence to find out the surprising influence of russia there. absolutely beautiful welcome to florence and the famous pop culture backyard bridge on this week's program we'll be continuing our exploration of russian culture and the influence of brought from famous people who live here to current russians who live and work in italy and who wouldn't be happy here with glorious swing to sun sensational food and often culture overload the beginning of the nineteenth century so a number of russian wealthy families moved to skinny italy has always held a special attraction for russians many sor

forceful revolution these people are all still standing for change to stop the anti counterfeit trade agreement act from becoming law in poland minus fifteen degrees centigrade is definitely not an excuse for thousands who gathered in central warsaw friday it's a week of numerous mass rallies across the world with people protesting against the internet censorship act it may have a positive aim to protect intellectual property but these protesters fear it will be used to police the web and take harmless websites offline. engineer martin says he's working under threat because of actors obscurity with the international pact worked out in complete secrecy issues with. legally censoring information the government. is very unclear the negotiations have lost since two thousand and four and nobody's been told anything unlike the week's massive anti active protests in poland friday's showdown had clear political overtones while the majority of the crowd was voicing no to the treaty a large chunk was directing their anger at the government and experts say the scale of public dissent has managed to make w

politicians who support them to trade agreement activists say governments have to police the internet under the guise of protecting copyright. to yet another blow to the struggling. nation's credit scores including spain. italy leaders and key finance experts are struggling to find a solution to the deepening crisis at the world economic forum. technology update gets closer to the secrets of the universe and it looks at what siberia house to offer the science of tomorrow.

fighting the international anti web piracy pact and their politicians who support the tourist trade agreement activists say that allows governments to police the internet in the guise of protecting copyright. and yet another blow to the struggling eurozone and five nations credit scores get cut including spain and italy e.u. leaders and key finance experts are struggling to try to find a solution to the deepening debt crisis at the world economic forum in davos. thanks the latest sports news with you know why saturday was a day to forget for russian tennis star maria sharapova. this is sports today plenty ahead over the next ten minutes or so including the stories in brief. fall from grace maria sharapova gets well and truly grounded in the final obvious trillian open brush in straight sets by victoria azarenka. on the march liverpool get one over their biggest rivals manchester united to make the fifth run of the f.a. cup. on wrestle mania for their twenty fourth straight year siberia place host to even get finals and the fans which brings together some of the world's best on them out. of a

well this document called the courtesy trade agreement which has been signed by poland and many other countries other countries in fact including the united states. new zealand and others is the reason why tens of thousands of people are taking to the streets in poland is the reason why most of the governmental web sites in this country have been hijacked by the hacker groups including the anonymous hacker group which is well known across the world basically this agreement is all about protecting the intellectual property including movies books pharmaceuticals designer clothes and things like that but ordinary people fear that the big corporations will use it to police the web and to take regular users offline so we've seen lots of protests in poland as i mentioned in the last several days we are also seeing protests being held today in the cities of juba and in central poland we are expecting more protests more on friday more so the problem about this document is not it was worked out in complete secrecy bypassing all governments and the general public had no access to it so that's w

to continue fighting the international piracy pact politicians who support the tourist trade agreement activists say it allows governments to police the internet under the guise of protecting copyright. and yet another blow to the struggling eurozone as five nations credit scores get cut including spain and italy e.u. leaders and key finance experts are struggling to try to find a solution to the deepening debt crisis the world economic forum. back to those with their hands on the billions chew over how it's going to affect the rest of us is our capital account on air after this very short break. with. technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. get even.

there are politicians who support the notorious trade agreement and say it allows governments to police the internet under the guise of protecting copyrights. and after two weeks of talks of deadlock greeks and lenders could now be near a deal between games that would reduce the country's debt meanwhile the euro zone crisis has been the focal point of the annual world economic forum in the dock. and up next in this month's technology update gets closer to the secrets of the universe and looks at what siberia has to offer the science of tomorrow.

and to their politicians who support trade agreements activists say it allows governments to police the internet under the guise of protecting copyrights. and after two weeks of talks deadlock. could deal with. the country's debt meanwhile the eurozone crisis has been the focal point of the world economic forum in davos. to explore russian traditions in italy this time moscow out team takes you to florence to find out the surprising influence of russia there.

to continue fighting the international piracy pact and the politicians who support the tourist trade agreement activists say it allows governments to police the internet under the guise of protecting copyright. and yet another blow to the struggling eurozone is five nations credit. scores get cut including spain and a silly lead is the key finance experts are struggling to try to find a solution to the deepening debt crisis at the world economic forum. next artie's on the money program exploring whether it's risky to invest in russia right now amid the presidential election plus how to keep the blood pumping in the moscow markets. welcome to the money where the business is business. russian equities how will be fair this year what sectors in companies are attractive is the russian market a bastion of stability in a turbulent world and what about the issue of political risk.

european parliament office in warsaw to protect act to protest act at the anti-counterfeiting trade agreement anonymous also took on the polish government's websites there g.d.s. attacks as a topic we've discussed many times here on the show an international agreement that loves piracy and counterfeiting into one which has been discussed behind closed doors for nearly six years and was only when wiki leaks published a discussion paper in two thousand and eight that it came to be public knowledge last year president obama signed an executive agreement to get the u.s. on board without asking for congressional approval and other signatories include australia new zealand canada morocco singapore and south korea but in a secret ceremony in japan today several european nations also signed on and the protests in warsaw so now the public is more aware of this agreement and with the anti sopa and anti pip the momentum behind them could act as still be changed or stopped joining me from our studio in new york is adam clarke as does a blogger at the atlantic wire and i want to thank you for joining us t

beaun free-trade agreement works both ways.serves many different constituents. host: will hyundai build a pickup truck? guest: it's a question we get all the time. it's not currently in our plants. we like to say never say never. it's a difficult business really have a tremendous amount of respect for toyota. the full-size pickup truck market is a struggle. you are dealing with ford and chevrolet, that have been there long time with amortized cost s. we don't have heavy trucks. we do not have full size suv's. we do not have minivan's right now. our plan right now is to not go into the heavy truck business. host: are hyundai plants in the u.s. unionized? guest: no, they are not. host: silver spring, maryland, jim. please go ahead with your question for david zuchowski. caller: i want to congratulate hyundai for setting the bar on warranties. it shows the confidence they have in their own vehicles. it really helps the industry. it gives us all better products. congratulations to hyundai. guest: thank you very much. it was very im

it's impossible for us to intervene in international trade agreements.ow does your bill help solve some of these problems and what else do our legislators do to intervene, not to demonize china, but to demand that our own government restore the fair playing field that the american people deserve and are desperately crying out for. >> you hit a lot of points in that question, dylan. let me first say, there's another issue of which we should be aware of. and that's safety. there's questions about what's being made in china. whether it's really going to be safe for our american public. that's an issue as well. but my legislation would prevent this seg menation of contracts in order to circumvent the provisions of current law. they have taken a number of other steps to circumvent the strong by american provisions as well. my legislation would eliminate the loopholes. my legislation would l require more in america type of provisions. for example, transit facilities at our aviation projects and lighting systems. my legislation would truly prevent these loophol

the fact that president obama talked about the prospect of a free-trade agreement between georgia andates -- this is a key breakthrough in elevating the level of the economy. secondly, elevating our defense cooperation, mainly with the focus on georgia's self-defense. he expressed his support for georgians' nato aspirations. there have been attempts to undermine it. >> let me ask you about that. you have 1000 forces fighting alongside the coalition in afghanistan. you must be one of the only countries in the coalition that is planning to increase the number of soldiers within afghanistan. is that with the view to your nato membership? >> per capita, we will be the second biggest contributor after the united states. we are very close to that region. it really impacts georgia. georgia is very culturally, politically, their european -- very european. certainly, it impacts us. also got our partnership with united states and nato matters. -- also, our partnership with the united states and nato matters. these are not my words. i have spoken to a number of commanders from the u.s. and they

can you drive the level of investment if you don't tackle our banking system, trade agreements, and tax law? >> we lost our way over the past couple decades. instead of being what america has been, a building economy, incentives for building local economies and investing in building infrastructure, we became a trading economy. so we have to get our incentives right. we have to incentive building. one thing we have to do -- we made manufacturing work. it was crappy work. we helped unions organize. workers get a better go. we got workers involved. we have 60 million service jobs like the people who work in the hotels. we have to drive those wages up and create more just like you're talking about. >> thank you so much richard. you're a teacher for me and i appreciate it. thank you so much. next time you'll make the trip. >> for sure. >> it's not paradise lost, it's paradise in peril. we'll take a break. next, ruthlessness and compassion. remember those words because it's how we are all going to bring america back. we'll explain a little later. >>> first, the florida follies. the mega panel

the south korean government hopes to expand exports through a free trade agreement with the united states that will take effect this year. in a preliminary report released on sunday, the ministry of knowledge economy said exports in 2011 were worth about $557.8 billion. up nearly 20% from the previous year. this is the first time south korea's exports have surpassed $500 billion. a key factor behind the increase was expanded exports of vehicles, ships, and steel products mainly to emerging countries. by region, exports to the ten-member association of the southeast asian nations grew 35% from a year earlier and to china by 16%. exports to japan increased by 41%, with sales of smartphones and other mobile phones nearly doubling from the previous year's figure.exportof petroleu products ao rose after the march earthquake and tsunami. the trade deficit with japan dropped to $27.7 billion, down $8 billion from the year before. >>> some adventurous athletes took on the himalayas in a marathon run and trek event on sunday. 165 people from 25 countries showed up for the race in nepal. that was t

there are bilateral trade agreements and millions of people working. press the slew. one final point, i would challenge the bill. at would price do we have comprehensive immigration reform. i would ask the question at what price can we not have it? >> so you would give them all the bad stuff just to get the good things? >> no, i wouldn't. but i'm reminded of what voltere said, which is let not the perfect be the enemy of the good. by holding out for the perfect, there are 12 million in a bad way in this country. >> what is the difference between imperfect and the atrocious. >> i would ask you to not let the perfect outway the we. thank you for having this commission tonight. someone once said that what leads evil to triumph over good is that good men do nothing. i think you for doing something good and not letting the evil win by sitting down and doing nothing. thank you. >> thank you. i will probably get in trouble for letting you talk a bit longer. that was not designed by intent. forgive me. at this point we would like to -- there was one other card here. there is

first, significant, but the fact that president obama spoke about the prospect of free trade agreementen georgia and the united states, this is a key breakthrough for elevating this, and high-level commission on the economy, and second, the corporation that would mainly focus on the georgian self- defense. certainly, you have heard it expressed his support for the nato aspirations, strong support is very important, because there have been attempts to undermine it. >> let me talk to you about the nato aspirations. you have 1000 forces at the moment fighting among the coalition in afghanistan. you must be one of the only that are planning to increase the number within afghanistan. is that with a view to the nato membership to >> we have one battalion. 1700 people, the second-biggest. >> but what are the georgian interests of fighting the war in afghanistan? >> the whole thing with georgia, georgia is very culturally -- politically, geographically. certainly, it impacts us. it is also our partnership with the united states that really matters, but also, it is an important, i think, upgrad

the leaders also talked about efforts to forge a free trade agreement. the president said his country hopes to begin talks with china by march. and the president also discussed last month's deadly incident in the yellow sea. a chinese fishing boat captain fatally stabbed a south korean maritime police officer. the chinese side reportedly promised to educate its fishermen to prevent similar attacks. >>> three north korean men lost at sea for three weeks are now in the custody of officials from their country. they went out fishing in mid-december in a small boat. their engine failed and they drifted into japanese waters. the men left monday from an airport in southwestern japan. they were handed over to north korean officials in the chinese city of dalian. japan coast guard officers found their wooden boat on friday. they discovered the body of a fourth man on board. the survivors say their crew mate died of exhaustion. the men denied they defected and pushed to secure their return home. >>> one way for students from different countries to make friends is

the leaders also talked about efforts to force a free trade agreement. president yi said he hopes it's done by march. they also talked about the deadly incident in the yellow sea. a chinese fishing boat captain fatally stabbed a south korean police officer. the chinese side promised to educate its fishermen to prevent similar attacks. >>> japan's world cup soccer star added another title to her member. she's women's world player of the year. fifa, governing body announced the award at a ceremony in switzerland. she has been the national team's pillar for many years. led japan to victory in last year's women's world cup where she was top scorer and tournament mvp. she said it would energize her, she will continue to train hard every day. it was a night of double celebration for japan as women's team coach won world coach of the year for women's football. his squad became the first asian nation to win a soccer world cup. he expressed gratitude for the support japan received after the disaster last year. he said the team gave strength and encouragement to t

there has been a steady increase in chinese imports since the china-pakistan free trade agreement. pakistan continues to welcome new chinese businesses. in may, one of china's largest banks opened two branchs in pakistan to boost investment in the country. as the two countries strengthen ties, more businessmen are trying to poll ish their chinese language skills. the president is trying to promote a government led program to teach chinese in schools. the president's home province of sindh announced in september that it planned to make chinese in schools from 2013. at present, the schools in sindh province must teach a total of four languages including urduh and english. if chinese is added students will have to study five languages at the same time. the province also has 5,000 public schools. securing enough chinese teachers will not be easy. at a meeting at this school many teachers oppose the interjection of chinese classes. >> translator: the kids already have to learn so many languages. it will just be an additional burden for them. >> translator: the country can advance even i

first thousands across poland directed their anger squarely at the notorious anti counter fee trade agreement the idea of punishing the site for publishing the let's say trademarked material is somehow illogical to me it's like punishing the corporation that produces knifes for. being used to kill somebody but with every passing rally the protest grew more political the crowds put prime minister to six government under fire for signing the agreement on thursday most governmental websites were hijacked by the anonymous hacker group i think they are trying to mask. the promise is that there would be a sudden closer touch to the documents. that we have. the right for our own interpretation of the can but that's not possible knows a lot from our government technically actors should be a good thing protecting intellectual property ranging from music to designer bags but the global online community fears corporations will use it to police the web and take regular users offline for harmless internet behavior it certainly has a striking resemblance to the much debated sopa bill in the united states w

law in december the minister conference in geneva they had to make a statement that w g o trade agreement will not be used relations with russia similar statement was made by the russian federation so when we are ratification of our access accession documents to w.h.o. is over provided checks and vanished from mainz in place you then old devil you chiro agreement will not be used in our bilateral trade with the us. marshals get this thank you question two from the chinese colleagues. that we. good. to be true which. until to me china india twenty twelve russia presidential elections will be taken place while in china the chines convent of the communist party will be electing the new leader what do you think will the general trends be in the russian chinese relations in the forthcoming year and what role could journalists play in developing biological relations my second question is it's common knowledge that the west is building pressure sanctions pressure against syria could china and russia through joint efforts break and reverse this trend and prevent a repetition of the libyan scenari

agreements. we could lose sales and jobs in other markets as well unless we act quickly to advance a bold trade agenda. a great way to start is by completing a trans-pacific partnership agreement in the booming pacific basin. let's get a high-quality agreement done this year. the chamber has also proposed a new trans-atlantic economic and trade pact with the european union. this would eliminate tariffs on goods that we trade with one another. we're gaining a lot of support for it. we applaud also the membership of russia in the wto. congress should grant permanent normal trade relations status to this agreement so that the u.s. business community can participate in these benefits, because without it, we cannot, and we want to put russia in a rules-based system. it is time to get moving on additional trade agreements. there is interest in egypt, brazil, and indonesia, just a few of the countries that should be on our list for consideration. to do this, the tpp that congress must renew its trade promotion. any president of any party should have it. the executive branch must negotiate agreements that wil

new free trade agreements with south panama will open markets for washington. our life science sectors are spreading beyond puget sound and vancouver. they are spreading around the globe. our software and i.t. industries are thriving. including a double-digit jump in microsoft last quarter. an 8% jump in software jobs. how about the backbone of our manufacturing sector? aerospace with the 650 companies in washington. 2011 was a historic of washington's signature industries to make it happen. it started last february boeing won the $35 billion contract to build a new generation of 200 air force refuelling tankers and all of us, labor, management, democrats, republicans, worked together to bring that contract home with its 11,000 jobs. [ applause ] in september, the first boeing 787, the game changing composite airplane. 20% more fuel efficient and as high tech as it comes, wasnippo. it is built right here in washington state. [ applause ] in december, the boeing company and the machinists agreed to a historic five-year contract. assuring the 737 max will be buil

fighting the international anti web piracy pact and their politicians who support the notorious trade agreement activists say it allows governments to police the internet under the guise of protecting copyright. and after two weeks of talks in a deadlock and agree standards of lenders could now be near a deal within days that will reduce the country's debt meanwhile the eurozone crisis has been the focal point at the annual world economic forum in davos. next to the latest sports news with union and a why saturday was a day to forget for russian tennis star maria sharapova. this is sports today plenty ahead over the next ten minutes or so including these stories in brief. all from you grace maria sharapova gets well and truly grounded in the final obvious trillian open crushed in straight sets by victoria azarenka. on the march liverpool get one over their biggest rivals manchester united to make the fifth run of the f.a. cup. on wrestle mania for their twenty fourth straight year siberia place host to eat on the weekend finals on the bench which brings together some of the world's best on the

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fighting the international anti web piracy pact and the politicians who support them to torrijos a trade agreement activists say that allows governments to police the internet under the guise of protecting copyright. to yet another blow to the struggling euro zone as five nations credit scores get cut including spain. individually e.u. leaders and key finance experts are struggling to find a solution to the deepening debt crisis at the world economic forum. and up next in this month's technology update gets closer to the secrets of the universe and it looks at what siberia house to offer the science of tomorrow. hello and welcome to technology update this month we've ditched the bright lights and credit streets of moscow for snow cover novosibirsk now this free agent siberian city is actually a hotbed of russian scientific activity and our first stop takes us to an institute that's long been the heart of the region's famed academic cluster. the booter institute of nuclear physics is one of the world's leading research centers in its field but here it's not just experiments they're interested in th