Milk producers would be happy to abide. Others would as well. We are a whole lot closer. Potatoes and beans and a whole range of things are available. Apples seem to be a delicacy at christmas time. I said, we can give you christmas every day. We have a lot of opportunities. Let me ask undersecretary scuse. There is an expression that says, the first step to achieving success is showing up. I think that is really true on trade. Also, our ability to market. You mentioned the Market Access program and the other tools at the department of agriculture. I wonder if you might speak more to what how would you envision the usdas programs going forward, creating opportunities and tools for american agriculture . Mr. Scuse again, if we were allowed to use our Marketing Programs, such as our Market Access program, it is an area where we work with operators to go in, to do the trade missions, to look at ways to develop markets and what the actual needs are through the market assistance program. He
Value of exports is far less than that in roughly 2950 million. U. S. Exporters see a tremendous market in cuba by the authorizations they seek from us though currently they only export a small fraction of that. Those exports go through the cuban import agency. So thrs no changes in our regulations on exports to cuba because thats limitted by the trade sanctions. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman thank you for your statement. Our next witness, johnny smith acting director, office of foreign assets control, the department of treasury. Mr. Smith serves as acting director of the department of Treasury Department of foreign assets. Control or opac is mr. Smiths acronym for which he works which is tasked with administrating economic trade sanctions to advance u. S. National security and Foreign Policy goals. Prior to joining opac he served as expert to the United Nations taliban and sanctions committee. As a Trial Attorney at the u. S. Department of justice. Welcome to your new job. Tha
Good evening. I knew that you would be a wonderful audience. Esteemed gas, of members of the m. I. T. Community local chapter representative m activists, welcome to the m. I. T. College kickoff to the 2013 political lecture series. I am president of the m. I. T. College Republican Club on behalf of our members the 84 participating in this very special evening with our esteemed guest, Michael Barone. On this grant campus with this historic city in this, of that has produced so many leaders we are building an Inclusive Organization and focus on the important issues, Economic Issues, the life changing issues that affect the future of mankind has reshaped our great countrys Political Landscape. The divide may be why did washington but not here as the club is reaching out to larger diverse audience. To everyone here tonight regardless of affiliation. Our guest speaker Michael Barone plays a key role to shape the political debates as a the york times best selling author political analyst and
When did the u. S. Slave trade start and how did it start . The u. S. Was involved in the slave trade from the moment that we began as a colony of britain and indeed one of the interesting things about u. S. History is that in the Constitutional Convention there was a compromise between the states that had slaves in the states that didnt. The u. S. Constitution said the federal congress couldnt take any action against the slave trade until 1808. The u. S. The first moment it could present jefferson sent legislation to congress that band participation in the slave trade by u. S. Ships and u. S. Persons and Congress Passed that the u. S. Prohibit the slave trade which was a long time before slavery itself ended in the United States but the issues were seen as different and even southerners were in support of fanning the slave trade. Speedway where southerners in support of the . There were a lot of different reasons. One was it was perceived as the more unjust or humane part of the when
Then at 10 00, we have new home sales and Consumer Confidence. This afternoon, treasury will she auctioning 30 billion in twoyear notes. And dont forget about the fed. A number of speakers today including philly president charles plosser, bill dudley and john williams. Well be talking more about the economy in the next few minutes with strategists. First, lets get more on corporate news. Ill tell you whats going on that Insider Trading case. Reportedly dean foods has been subpoenaed. It involves carl icahn and Phil Mickelson and las vegas trader billy walters. Looking at securities around july 2011. Which is when icahn made an offer to buy that company. As for dean foods, investors are focusing on trading related to the 2012 spinoff of its white wave food. Also, the u. S. Export import has been in the headlines in recent days. This morning, its in the news for another reason. The wall street journal reporting that ximf bank has now suspended or removed four officials as investigators l