Hello, everybody. Are we good to go . I am mark tercek, and originally of the nature conservatory. Im glad to be the moderator of todays discussion. We have a great panel. To my left is monica de bolle from the Houston Institute for economics. To her left is daniel zarin with climate and landuse alliance and onscreen is my good friend peter seligman, cofounder and ceo of nia tero which focuses on a lot of issues we will be discussing today. He is the founder and longtime ceo of Conservation International where he continues to be the chairman. Our topic today is the Global Impact of the amazon rain forest you have been reading about in the news. This raises so many issues. First of all, what is really happening, hard to tell. How much of this is due to illegal logging, industrial ag, bad government policy, or is Climate Change itself impacting the forest . Also, the question arises, what happens . Until recently the amazon was one of the great conservation success stories. Through a gre
Address that range of topics. To begin, i have a senior counsel and director of the Freedom Technology and security project. It is a time where we hear a lot about the goal of putting America First. Surveillance states, this often creates some friction with our allies. Our goals may conflict with their desire to protect their own citizens. [cheering and applause] thank you. Hello, everyone. Www. Cdt. Org. I want to talk about the Global Implications of what i call America First surveillance policies. U. S. Surveillance policy, particularly on the intelligence side of the equation discriminates against foreigners in a fairly dramatic way when it comes to surveillance that occurs outside the United States inside the United States it is relatively even between americans and foreigners. When they want to survey out a person in the United States and collect their Communications Content for intelligence purposes, it has to show they are in agent of a foreign power. A Foreign Terrorist Organi
40 lower wages in mexico now than in china. The bad news is the deal that the president signed last year did not fix nafta original job outsourcing and added new monopoly rights for pharmaceutical companies on medicine prices. For a year, the president has been stalling that stuff. Maybe we will get a deal that can make a difference for people. Maybe not. The president is going to have to decide if he is going to fix nafta or equip the pharmaceutical companies. Host mr. Cox. Guest not surprisingly, i have a different take on it. It is about disagreement. This agreement will produce 176,000 new jobs, increase exports, and open up new markets for american goods. It is a balanced agreement with important protections for labor, the environment, texans for Small Business throughout the supply chain. It is a reason why you have groups as diverse as the National Association of manufacturers, to the farm bureau, even to the Progressive Policy Institute on the left that has endorsed it. I reall
My left is monaca. Shes a senior fellow at the seams and incentive for your international economics. And monicas left is danielle zarin director programs of the climate and land, use alliance. And then, on the screen is my good friend peter. The cofounder and ceo of the otero, the new mto focus on a lot of the issues that will be discussing today. Peter is also well known as the founder and longtime ceo of Conservation International where he continues to be chairman. Our topic today is Global Impact of the amazon rain forest weve been reading about in the news. And of course this raises so many issues. First of all, what is really happening. It is hard to tell on the basis of news. How much is due to ill legal log games or industrial egg, or bent government policy or is it Climate Change itself. Is it impacting of course. Also the question arises of what happens until recently, the great was one of the concert conservation Success Stories through a great effort, and the brazilian gover
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