we joined the world trade organization for 17 years.which are basically, well , basically fair competition rules for settling disputes evenly, because china is beating america on its own field by its own rules. and has every right to demand compensation, which he will certainly be awarded by the wto dispute settlement body if the united states allows this body work americans. they simply block the appointment of new members of this body to existing vacancies. there is no quorum, a purely bureaucratic, in the worst sense of the word, soviet-party approach. and this has been happening for many years. that is why, because china will win all these disputes, and in the united states they started the reform of the world trade organization, they publicly stated that this reform should be based on the interests of the united states and the european union. them to behave, and the same thing to the monetary fund, if take the criteria on which the world bank's international monetary fund is based, now the brix countries have already shouldered for

stephen: australia is challenging china's tariff at the world trade organization. the principle of it is incredibly important. we want to go to the umpire, and we want to get a decision from the umpire, whether the actions being taken are right or not. if we don't have organizations like the world trade organization for us to go to, then it's basically the rule of the jungle. stephen: barley was the start of a slew of trade allegations and sanctions that followed a souring of relations between canberra and beijing. female: the foreign minister, marise payne, is refusing to be drawn on whether she trusts china er its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. stephen: australia's call for a covid inquiry appeared to be a catalyst. female: a chinese analyst has described the foreign minister marise payne's calls for an independent inquiry to the origins of the corovirus outbreak and the obal respoe as deplorable. stephen: the reality is the tensions are deep and longer standing. rory: it's a big mistake to think that this is simply because of the way the australian govern

well, i think issue is really that world trade organization doesn't have rules about foreign investor and about agreements on technology transfer all all the issues that we're now most concerned about are really not dealt with. wto rules, you know, the old fashioned trade agreement really. so what you need to do, update the wto to deal with these new issues, maybe there needs to be a new body. it's it's antiquated and out of step. i just want to remind the audience, if you're watching along with us, please, your questions and comments in the texture on youtube. we'd love to have your questions china's big topic and you can susan knows a lot and you can ask anything you would like so let's get to hu jintao who you was a leader before jinping and who we saw in a rather sad scene the last recent congress being assisted from the stage, the end. he's basically your main the guy who you leader who you describe as having set the stage for this achievement of power by seeing ping what was it that he and what is meaning what were the specific aspects of his of his role. well i believe that chi

the united states is now playing that role with respect to the world trade organization, which was oncer sometime, uh, at the end of world war ii. let's remember the criticism of the american project of the world trade organization, which sounded from the outside. well, here are the anti-globalists in the heyday of this movement, that is, 95 2005. here is a relatively good decade for the world economy. uh, that it was a closure, that the world trade organization was created by the united states to protect the americans. market and to simulate the freedom of trade, which in fact uh does not exist. eh, it was generally like that, but then there was no need for protective duties of hundreds of percent in order to protect american manufacturers could get by with lower duties by various tricks. uh, right now the united states can't afford it, so we don't need the world trade organization and finally, what about some damage to us. well , actually, aluminum production. we need to develop our own structure. yes definitely better left to solve this problem. i am confident that the russian alumin

in order to build and buy a puck, this is completely consistent with our exercises of the world trade organization and previously the administration of the american e-e already more of this, people, continue everyone building materials will be made in america made in america and that's what i mean by glass building material different presidencies american roads american bridges american roads will be made of american materials i know how you feel it seems that the beginning of the past four decades has forgotten about you too much people were ignored or how they are not invisible we may be you now and you are looking to see me at home because you are going how many jobs were there and where did they go and you think whether they are or there is another way exists for for my children for me for and i get it that's why we're rebuilding an economy where no one will be projected jobs are coming back and pride is coming back because the election we made it i think there's a blue-collar plan to rebuild america for example for many of you who are lying in bed like my father used to look at the ceiling an

international side, let me remind you that back in april of last year, when the war started, the world trade organizationeviewed the forecast for the growth of world trade in goods, and if before that they said that there would be 4.7%, then in april they said that there would be three the percentage now seems to be 3.5, they have already set the forecast, so far this one is just not accurate after 2020 , nevertheless it is clear that at least one percentage point world trade, all world trade lost to a large extent due to the war in ukraine, because problems were created with the delivery of grain, first of all er, fertilizers and certain other goods , that is, now world trade is being reformatted, but there is a risk that it may spread, and therefore for our partners , it is first of all important that the war in ukraine does not go beyond its borders, because you know i recently heard an interesting story from warsaw, and when russia attacked ukraine on february 24, at least one person from warsaw decided to urgently leave for gdańsk in the north of poland because she was sure that the russians were go

the year 2000 when we granted most favored nation status to beijing and let them into the world trade organization. china was an annoyance. since then the chinese communist party has done untold damage to our people, to their people, and to their economy and -- our economy and national security. there are two things that china would actually try to avoid. and that is dealing with taiwan and trade. so i have three proposals. i will look forward to working with anyone on either side of the aisle to turn this into good legislation. first, congress should provide that we automatically allow taiwan to buy certain defense items and that we act expeditiously at the congressional level without waiting for the administration to allow the seahawk helicopters and other necessary defense items to go to taiwan. second -- and this arises from my years as chairman of the investor protection capital subcommittee. we need to require all major corporations to disclose as a risk factor to their investors how they would be affected by an end of the year u.s.-china economic relationship or major impediment to it. inve

but a lot of the inch in terms of international scope, a lot of it goes the world trade organization. and like we've been supporting what's called a trips waiver, which would temporarily wave intellectual property rights on vaccines test and treatments and really get it out to the rest of the world. and that's part of like an international coalition of organizers. this does not just here, like i'm in new york, is folks around our country and folks you know, all across the world tour pushing for that trips waiver. and there's a lot of international solidarity around that international organizing. and i'm going to think if we work, trust our boarders, and build our people power, we could do good work in a w t o we actually allow that. does depend on kind of more powerful welfare nations to play balls, so to speak. and we did get prison binding to commit to waving that waiver. the actually hasn't done it yet. but i think countries working together in those areas where they have influenced the w t o and really building power. there can be a way to do it. but again, it's, i'm in order for

the head of the world trade organization has warned against protectionism between major trading powersy to support its green industry, pitching itself against the us, which has offered billions of dollars in subsidies and tax credits for those building its green infrastructure. ngozi okonjo—iweala was speaking to our business correspondent — sameer hashmi. first of all let me say that of course protectionism is not something we like at the wto, something we like at the wto, so we but, let me also say that the wto rules are supportive of countries trying to help the environment, you know, take measures that are positive for the environment and positive for climate change. that support net zero. i think the problem comes when those measures require mystic content, we have difficulties with that. —— domestic content. that means what we have tried to do the eu and us encourage members that have problems with each other�*s measures to talk to each other, we don't want to be at the receiving end of trade fractions.— trade fractions. the eu is sa in: trade fractions. the eu is saying us _ tra

we let the united states assure the chinese into the world trade organization. and china imports from china to the u.s. had profound effects on the economy. it lowered the cost of a lot of goods. any american who shops at walmart, costco or almost anywhere got access to really cheap clothing, cheap household appliances etc. etc. and at the same time it was disruptive to manufacturing communities. i spent a lot of time in my book in hickory, north carolina which was the furniture manufacturing capital of the united states and it got washed out by china. as a country we are trying to reorient how we deal with the chinese as a rival and a trade rival. and that is a story that will play out for many years. and both sides have a lot at stake. the chinese really depend on us as the primary export market. our supply chains, american companies invested billions of dollars into manufacturing operations in china over the last 25 years. so they have a lot at stake. we saw the cost of disruptions during covid and our prices went up. it will take time to sort it out. i think

all the way back in december 2001, we admitted china to the world trade organization. that will go down as one of the greatest -- and gravest strategic errors committed by a great power the last two centuries. it has been a disaster for this nation. that's not what we were told at the time. they told us this would make everybody richer, that we could offshore jobs we didn't want and import cheap junk without undermining prosperity. they argued this would democratize china. this was somehow going to open up the chinese regime. if we brought them into the global economic world, other horrors would be things of the past. having been in hong kong in fall 2019, that was a catastrophic misjudgment. their claims work catastrophic mistakes. one country, two systems was not china stte first china's first broken promise. they took full examine each -- advantage of the global market, simultaneously shielded its own economy from foreign competition. who paid the price, america did. blue-collar workers in america paid the price. go to jobs that once provided americans with a living

all the way back in december of 2001 we admitted china to the world trade organization. that i will submit to you will go down as one of the greatest strategic errors committed by any power in the last two or three centuries. simply put it's been a disaster for this nation. that's not what we were told at the time. at the time the unit party told us this would make everybody rich or that we could offshore all the jobs we didn't want an imported bunch of without undermining or prosperity and they also argued this would democratize china or driver that argument? that this somehow would lead to an opening up of the chinese regime and if they brought china into the global economic order dannemann square and other horrors with the things of the past. having been in hong kong in 2019 i can tell you that was a catastrophic misjudgment and their claims were catastrophic. one country two systems was not china's first promise. after joining the wto the chinese communist communist party took took full of vantage of its access to global markets to enrich itself. simultaneously it sh

i want to talk about the function of the world trade organization the united states is entering a third phase of talks with countries to reform the dispute settlement system. expect all members to have a fully functioning system set up by 2024. are you on track for that? >> let me say having a fully functional system is a top priority for the great majority of our members the united states has fac facilitated a discussion among members. there are a number of members who feel now is the time to move to negotiations so we will be able to have that mechanism working in 2024. >> what is expected? >> we hope not there is a mandate coming from ministers and that mandate is to have a fully functional dispute settlement mechanism by 2024 >> the other members agreed on the bodies first global trade rules, trade rules reform in last june, which was to do with fish subsidies talks were stalled because of concerns of who chaired d ed discussions. i know it could come up with different disputes to the wto and who is presiding over those discussions and taking the final call has that been ironed out

and then just the fact after china joined the world trade organization we had aspirations would becomeof the international rules-based order, and it hasn't. in fact, when it comes to technology they steal everything they can. through forced technology transfers in terms of foreignin investments here and over there, they are getting access to our most cutting edge dual use technology. and then of course cyber which is just a mind blowing challenge up with. i will say general nakasone and the people at the national security agency are very impressive, even they are struggling to keep up with the challenges they are faced by cybersecurity threats, whether it is from the prc, whether it is from north korea, iran or russia. >> i want to follow up on something you mentioned at the start of the comps on china, which is the threat to taiwan. i know you have visited taiwan. give us your assessment of president sy, taiwan as a country, their capability and willingness to defend themselves. obvious he were an important part of their but they are on the front lines. tell us your assessment of taiw

organization and it existed until 1995. usually like uh means general tariff trade agreement, that is, it is not an organization. you understand this agreement, only in the ninety-fifth year , the worldn appeared on the base, but i want to talk about the goals of these three structures. uh, means, what do they have to do with the dollar. so these structures they supported the processes of globalization, which, in general , were interesting in the united states. and what is the essence of this process. it was necessary to organize trade in such a way and create such conditions in the world that american companies freely traded and moved around the world, that is, these foundations were laid, or in another way the foundations of globalization. that's where the world is now, basically, uh, trying to get away. well, at least from this form. so everything was possible for the countries to sign. they sat down with the dollar, well, it seems even normal. so i told you, but it's one thing if you bring gold bars there to some country, if you 're not trading well, it's another thing you have paper dollars and so on, it seems, how convenient it is to calculate. and even if non-cash, yes, in gen

competition and blocks the tech firms from the american markets the director general of the world trade organization has warned that the inflation reduction act may trigger a race at the bottom without the fiscal capacity to compete. i asked whether the era of euro globalization is over. >> let's look at it this way there's a lot of talk about the end of globalization and decoupling and protection as you say, of course, that is worrying i want to come back to that. the trade shows that consumers may be doing something else. the export of economic growth still following the trend of 50% share and then we look at two-way trade between the u.s. and china, and the numbers released today by the commerce department show that this is still robust, about 690 or thereby billion dollars. so when you look at the actual numbers we see of the volume and value of trade, it doesn't quite follow this language of, you know, deglobalization. that being said, there's no doubt there's a lot of geopolitical tension, decoupling, and fragmentation. and this will be very costly to the world if it happens. >> let's talk mor

then china get into the world trade organization. these bad trade deals.those jobs back without massive retraining. people have to be digitally proficient. but let's talk about this chat -- >> proficient isn't as easy as it sounds especially when you get older. technology gets complicated and harder to understand. i notice myself it's getting harder for me and i'm only 39. >> absolutely. but i think you talk to the electricians or carpenters. they're extraordinary and the training centers are extraordinary. now they don't have to be programmers. they need to know how to operate the machinery on the factory floor which is different. and it's cleaner and it's environmentally better and more gender and racially diverse. i think the future of manufacturing can be brought, but the point on chatgpt, and i ask people to try it. you would never have your kid learn from it. they're not going to replace teachers. they're going to do certain tasks, but they're a long way still from being more than cliff notes. >> is this administration addressing it the way that it s

this organization, and until 1995 it existed as uh, which means the general agreement on trade and tariff, that is, this organization understand this agreement only in the ninety-fifth year, the worldrade organization appeared on the base, but i want to talk about the goals of these three structures. uh, means, what does not have to do with the dollar. so these structures they supported the processes of globalization, which, in general , were interesting in the united states. and what is the essence of this process. it was necessary to organize trade in such a way and create conditions in the world for american companies to trade freely and move around the world, that is, these very foundations or, in other words, the foundations of globalization were laid. that's where the world is now, basically, uh, trying to get away. well, at least from this form. so everything was successful, the countries signed agreed with the dollar. well, it seems to be normal. so i told you, but it's one thing if you bring gold bars there to the country, if you're a bad trader, it's another thing for you to have paper dollars and so on, it seems, how convenient it is in calculations. and even if non-cash

these are working class folks, abandoned by the country with nafta, world trade organization and chinand water. it hasn't gotten enough media attention. i think we should have administration officials there, department of transportation and others to do town halls to answer questions and need to be more assertive. it is awful what's going on. i don't think we have done enough for people there. >> sandra: ro khanna, always appreciate your time. thank you very much, congressman. >> bill: the white house, the president says the pandemic is over. why are your tax dollars still paying for those empty abandoned hotel? it was a pandemic homeless shelter. you are about to meet a barber like no other. his haircuts are helping a special group of young people every single week. he will join us live as we continue. this is a leading healthcare system with five nationally ranked hospitals, including two world-renowned academic medical centers. in boston, where biotech innovates daily and our doctors teach at harvard medical school and the physicians doing the world-changing research are the ones pr

look these are working-class folks abandoned by their country, enough, the world trade organization anotheroison in their air, in their water. i don't it's kind of media attention. brian: others demand pete buttigieg resigned because of his and -- mckee did not shipped ffa oversight hearing after the first nationwide shutdown of our nation's air flights. the first time since 911 pretty sending jute norfolk southern you're going to be held accountable question of their given $1000 in convenience fees to residents there. >> it is totally inadequate. it speaks on the of the modern left ear. they claim to care about the environment. but when there's actual environmental disaster happening and ohio, a lot of jobs have been shipped overseas may need help. they are nowhere to be found in the try to scare people with this climate alarmism the world is going to end in 10 or 12 years unless you do exactly what we say while they fly in their private just a davos. people titled enough of this but deals with power and control side about the environment. >> should they go and drink the water there? shoul

we admitted to the world trade organization on december 11th 2001, china started cheating december 12th. no one before the trump administration was willing to stand up to china and washington, d.c. i don't want a cold war with china, i don't want a hot war with china but i want china to be a responsible member of a stable world order and to be blunt as i've said before, i wouldn't trust -- i will and turn my back on president she if he were two days dead. that's just an unfortunate reality and the biden administration needs to accept that. the assertion that we should spend $50 trillion on climate change which will not lower world temperatures a scintilla of a degree unless president she will do the same thing and to be told in the committee this morning by one of mr. biden's acolytes that of course president she will do that, you can trust him -- it takes my breath away. >> sean: how do you respond to joe biden saying it's not a major breach and kamala harris saying i don't think the chinese spy balloon would hurt our highest. to add insult to injury, then the chinese are threatening u

, and in those jobs, i remember in the clinton administration, she helped china join the world trade organizationn our views of china and the global economy changed, she was fighting with china all the time about why it wouldn't tie its currency to global rates. a subpolicy plot in china. smart to have around at this moment. >> very smart for all the reasons. i think even maybe the biggest and best reason is her experience at the fed. because they're trying to read the tea leaves on any given day on what the fed is going to do, given the complex economic environment, because the fed is so, so critical when it comes to interest rates, which impacts everything else. >> inside the white house, they do this. in some ways, the first woman the hold the job, some ways, she's number two at the fed. she wants to be treasury secretary some day, some would say. >> the experience factor is key, but the inflation point, it can't be understated. the white house is watching this and tracking this data every single month, analyzing it, poring over it, and wondering what jerome powell is going to do in terms of i

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world trade organization is also very important actor.ialogue, also in multilateral settings in a multilateral flame work -- framework is very important. haslinda: how are you assessing the risk for international cooperation in clean energy given what has transpired? >> we need to have international rules and standards that monitor and shape this, we don't want any kind of green bashing. we need to work together so that we have common standards. haslinda: we have a couple of minutes left. i'm wondering, you are the first female finance minister of luxembourg. here we are talking about the first woman finance minister. why haven't we progress from such a thing? >> we have progressed. but for none of us the progress is fast enough in the european union today. there are nine female finance ministers on the road level. there are 29. there's definitely room for improvement. but a lot has happened. and i think, someday, when women access top jobs, the fact that they are a woman, will hopefully no longer be a woman, but something that is complet

i think it's fair to say, we admitted chi gnat to the world trade organization, and russia as well, and i think it's fair to say that while wealth increased, particularly in china through its export-driven economy, massive, historic, unprecedented amount of economic growth in that regard, i don't think we can say china or russia are more democratic. they're more autocratic. i don't think we can say they're more peaceful. russia has invaded you crane now twice. the chinese are conducting live fire drill office the coast of taiwan. i think it's fair to say that gamble failed. i think the president hinted at some of that in his speech the other night and we're entering a new era. what's that new era. what is our vision now for that world in which not just the global international order and world without walls to not pacify or bind nations but in fact have placed us in situations with autocracies through a joint communique are ultimately signaling that we need to reject western visions of democracy and the like. so before we can talk about what we're going to do we have to understand what o

i think it is now fair to say that we admitted china to the world trade organization, russia as well,i think it is now fair to say that, while the wealth certainly increase, particularly in china, through its export-driven economy, massive historic and unprecedented amount of unprecedented growth in that regard, i don't think we can say either china or russia or more democratic, in fact they are more autocratic. i don't think we can say that they are more peaceful. i think russia has integrated ukraine now twice, and the chinese are conducting live fire drills off the coast of taiwan. so i think it is fair to say that that gamble failed. >> and we have now to enter, and i think the president actually hinted at some of that in the speech the other night, and we are now entering a new era. what is that new era? what is our vision now for that world, in which not just the global international order and world without walls did not pacify or behind nations, but in fact have put up in our autocracy's are joy communicating that are openly signaling that we need to reject western visions of d

we let the united states assure the chinese into the world trade organization.nd china imports from china to the u.s. had profound effects on the economy. it lowered the cost of a lot of goods. any american who shops at walmart, costco or almost anywhere got access to really cheap clothing, cheap household appliances etc. etc. and at the same time it was disruptive to manufacturing communities. i spent a lot of time in my book in hickory, north carolina which was the furniture manufacturing capital of the united states and it got washed out by china. as a country we are trying to reorient how we deal with the chinese as a rival and a trade rival. and that is a story that will play out for many years. and both sides have a lot at stake. the chinese really depend on us as the primary export market. our supply chains, american companies invested billions of dollars into manufacturing operations in china over the last 25 years. so they have a lot at stake. we saw the cost of disruptions during covid and our prices went up. it will take time to sort it out. i think w

the idea that we thought decades ago, putting them in the world trade organization, they were just goingng gone that's why one of my first actions was to create the select committee on china it's not from a military point of view, but from an economic point of view. a place where mg has failed the american public is a flip-flop on the policy of china and china thinks in thousands of years and we think in three months so creating a select committee on china, where it's bipartisan will have one voice. why does china control 90% of our minerals, so we open a mine in california, but they control 95% of the processing, so we send it there. what do they do with the food supply what do they do to our medicals. if there's anything we should have realized during the pandemic, we should not be dependent upon them. in the democrats' majority, they never even looked at where the pandemic started they gave china a pass that no longer can be the case you cannot allow, i don't care if it's china or any other nation, to enter the sovereign air space of america and sit and watch. that's a sign of weaknes

world bank. they wanted to establish an international trade organization. but the legislature of an important country didn't rectify it. so out of that was von chapter for the general agreement on tariffs and trade. so that god created through the legal instrument of the interim committee on international trade organizations. i see that set up. now do you think that 945 world order is really relevant to that? it created 5 permanent members of the security council. the most important part of the security council is to make a determination on whether that exists threat to be sent to go to. and once it makes the determination on whether there is a print or not, then it can take counter measures under chapter 7 or 8. all that is very well. but about a decade or so ago, what we learned is that a members of the go to the counselor permanent members, if they are themselves parties to a dispute or they want to take a position, then they are permanent domain. you know, the reasons you go to the function is very much option. so we had this problem then the use of cou

trade organizations. i see that set up. now, do you think that 945 world order is really relevant to that? it created 5 permanent members of the security council. and the most important part of the security council is to make a determination on whether that exists threat to be sent to go to t and ones. it makes no determination on whether that is a print or not. then it can take counter measures under chapter 7. or 8, all that is very well, what about a decade or so ago? what we learned does it have members of the security council opponent members, if they are themselves parties to a dispute or they want to take a position, then they are permanent domain. you know, the reasons you go to the function is very much option. so we had this problem when the use of course was authorized in libya, resolution 973 vitamin mechanically then without to go to the counselors illusion in city. so the world is undergoing a change today. yes, that was a fund demik today due to n d, which india is very heavily chit chatting and which very proud to provide leadership that you 20 was born in a moment of crisi

world and among the industrialized countries. the statistics of the trade development organization for the export of technical engineering services in the country reached two and a half billion dollars this year, and 57% of this field of water and electricity , i.e., repairs, is also between south africa and the united states, which was imported here. electricity production is the only country in the region that can use turbines 110 to 120 megawatt power plants are made in america, if we want to buy them at the daily price , it will be done with 200 and 250 billion tomans, and fifty thousand tomans repairs of foreign guests will be done in several parts. from these two teams, the working hours have been completed and all consumable parts have to be replaced. the area of ​​a power plant has been simulated. the final stage of the tour is scheduled to be completed here alone . valizadeh tells the destination country that the defects of these turbines will be repaired with locally produced parts. and required spare parts we make propellers and flowers inside the same set and install them on the router. 44 years ago, the alphabet of t

world and among industrialized countries . according to the statistics of iran trade development organization, the export of technical services and this year, the country's engineering will deal with two and a half billion dollars, 57% of this figure belongs to the water and electricity sector, that is, the repairs are also between the engine made by j. america, which is imported here , and we carry out repairs, or the engine made by mitsubishi, japan, which we are doing, and specialized services. mitsubishi is really exclusive to this company and it can be fully disassembled and assembled again this year gas turbines are among the most advanced machines in the world for generating electricity in the country of the region that we can recover the cameras and for a new twenty year period because of the power plants return 110 to 120 megawatts is made in america, if i want to buy it now at the current price, i will pay 200 to 250 billion tomans to buy it, or i will pay more in other countries compared to the area of ​​the neighboring countries. it is working now, with 20% of that cost, with 50 billion foreign tomans, several par

from the outbreak in 2014-2015, that we spent the time since working with trading partners, working with the world animal organizationanimal health around a regional, a regionalization approach and some science-based . so i think we had seen a different reaction at this time than we did in 2014-15. we select many challenges and so we're still working to lift restrictions that may be dealt lineup with the standards. recently we were able to work with taiwan. they lifted restrictions on 12 2 states. this is a continued process of engagement, and i think a really important progress thanks to our technical colleagues at aphis but we are going to have to continue to work at the. >> and i'm not going to ask another question but i know you were asked by senator bennet about him and remembering senator mcconnell coming to these hearings, mark up of the bill for the very reason of including hemp provisions but there continues to be confusion and frustration among hemp growers regarding the gaps in regulation and guidelines. i know you're aware of at the fda, dea and usda and i'm hoping we can fix those. thank you. >> thank yo

from the outbreak in 2014 and 2015 that we spent the time since working with trading partners and with the world organization on animal health around the regionalization approach and science-based standards. i think we have seen a different reaction at this time then we did in 2014 and 15. we still have many challenges and so we are still working to lift restrictions that may be don't line up with the standards. this is a continued process of engagement, and i think a really important progress made things to technical colleagues but we are going to have to continue to work at this. >> i'm not going to ask another question but i know you were asked about hemp and i remember senator mcconnell coming to the hearings for markups for the very same reasons including hemp provision but there continues to be confusion and frustration among the growers regarding the gaps in regulations and you are aware of the usda and i'm hoping we can fix those. thank you. >> thank you madam chair. i look forward to working with you on this important bill. agriculture in my state of alabama is the number one industry and we are pro