From the National Press club in washington dc this is 50 minutes. Good afternoon. Im will roger, director of policy of education at the American Farm bureau federation. Today negotiators from three Member States of nafta will begin renegotiating a treaty that is more than 20 years old. Much is at stake particularly foring a culture. Today we have with us the three heads of the largest farm organizations in canada, mexico and the United States. They are from our right zippy epaul from the American Bureau federation. Coe de la tt and bos vega. These men will give their views with the modernization of nafta for no matter what you heard there are great deal that our three nations can agree upon. The three will give their opening remarks. Well have a signing to ambassador light heiser and secretary guajardo. After that, we will open the floor to questions. If you have a question here at the press club please wait if for microphone so that people on the phone can hear the question that you a
Support for the 23yearold agreement and talk about its impact on agriculture. From the National Press club in washington, d. C. , this is just under one hour. Good afternoon. I am will roger, the director of policy communications at the American Farm bureau federation. Negotiators today from the three Member States of nafta will begin renegotiating a treaty that is more than 20 euros old. 20 years old. Much is at stake, particularly here culture agriculture. Today, we have with us the three heads of the largest farm organizations in canada, mexico, and the united. They are the president of the American Farm bureau federation, the president of the Canadian Federation of agriculture, and president of the federation in mexico. These men will give their views of what should happen with modernization of nafta, for no matter what you may have heard, there is still a great deal of our three nations have in common and can agree upon. The three president s will give their opening remarks. After
Normal. But for a few fleeting moments, everyone on the same page. Enjoying the same tingle of excitement at the loss of illumination. For a little more than an hour monday morning, the court outside Santa Clara Universitys school of business was prime seating for the dimming of the light. Very exciting, im happy to be here, wont want to miss this. Reporter upwards of 300 people, kids and the young at heart donned their viewing glasses to watch the slow moving show, the moving of one celestial body in front of another as earths moon slid in front of the sun, creating a sliver of light. Kristin kunas. Nasa can use the data for whats happening here to better understand how eclipses affect natural life here on earth as well as just learning about the motion of the celestial objects in our solar system. Reporter aside from the science the dimming effect that follows seals the deal for those who travel near and far to see mid morning turn in to late afternoon. I like the idea of all of us a
[inaudible conversations] good afternoon. I am will roger, director of policy communications at the American Farm bureau federation. Today negotiators from three Member States of nafta will begin renegotiating a treaty that is more than 20 years old. Much is at stake particularly for agriculture. We have with us the three heads of the largest farm organizations in canada, mexico and the United States. The president of the American Farm bureau federation, ron bonnett, president of the Canadian Federation of agriculture. And bosco vega of the conseco national, mexico. They will give their views of what should happen with modernization of nafta. No matter what you have heard there is a great deal our 3 nations have in common and can agree upon. They will give their opening remarks. After that we have assigning and a letter as well as secretary ricardo, chief negotiators for the treaty. After that we open the floor to questions. If you have a question please wait for the microphone so peop
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