That it is the United States being treated unfairly. Pres. Trump the president of mexico and myself have agreed to cancel our planned meeting scheduled for next week, unless mexico is going to treat the United States fairly, with respect. Such a meeting would be fruitless, and i want to go a different route. We have no choice. Charlie trump has also insisted that mexico would fund the walls construction. Plans were announced today to impose a 20 tax on all imports into the United States from mexico to cover the cost of the new barrier. Joining me the former u. S. Ambassador to mexico. I am pleased to have them both here. Phil, tell me exactly what trump thinks he can accomplish now with this decision to end the meeting. Negotiations are over and he decides hes going to go another course, which is to impose a 20 tariff. Which then i assume mexico will retaliate by imposing a tariff of their own. I dont see how and where this ends, but listen, trump was pretty outraged by the mexican pre
Week. Unless mexico is going to treat the United States fairly, with respect. Such a meeting would be fruitless and i want to go a different route. Charlie he has insisted that mexico fund the walls construction. Plans were announced to impose a 20 tax on all imports from mexico to cover the cost of the new barrier. Joining me from washington is bill rucker of the washington from mexico city, a former ambassador to mexico. Im pleased to have them here. Tell me what trump thinks he can accomplish now with this decision to end the meeting . He decides that he is going to go another course to oppose a 20 tariff, which, i assume, mexico will retaliate. I dont see where this ends. But trump was pretty outrage by pena nietos response last night when he said that he wouldnt pay but trump promised the people that mexico would pay for the wall. It was a rallying cry at his Campaign Rallies so he has to find a way to fund the wall. What he is doing is having Taxpayers Fund the construction of th
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When we dont stand up and take notice that this happens. We as ordinary citizens say crack on this, lets try to get people to investigate this so governments and corporations like facebook and twitter arent just cooperating with government you may end up in a situation where our worst fears about government control of the internet can come true. I thought that was a great question because it gets at the theme of what do we expect from the internet. There used to be the phrase liberation technology, right . It is the main vector of free speech. That is where context can be shared. It is where people can meet and discuss. Thens for a long time open. But i would say it reflects our moods about the internet movements in the world. As things are liberalizing globally, the internet was flourishing. Clampdowns a global and more authoritarianism, more and more authoritarians are using the internet for oppression. It is part of a broader global trend. It is both things. It is simultaneously the
Blocking this transition. Show your trust in the private sector and the work of american and global businesses, technical experts and Civil Society who have delivered a thoughtful consensus plan. Please support this longpromised privatization. Thank you. And i look forward to your questions. Thank you, mr. Strickling. Mr. Marby. Mr. Chairman, Ranking Members of the committee, thank you for inviting me here. I am honored to discuss this important issues and i welcome this opportunity to answer your questions. It marks the next step in the evolution of how the internet addressing system is coordinated. The transition was first envisioned in 1998 when icann was form and supported by democratic and republican administrations since. Ill leave you with one point today. No one controls the internet. You can think about it as a machine with many moving parts. With icann being just one part of that machine. And icann can be replaced in that machine. It has nothing to do with content or freedom