Hes expected to discuss the u. S. Mexicocanada trade agreement known as usmca. This is hosted by the American Enterprise Institute Just getting under way here live on cspan3. He has one of the authors of the 2017 tax cuts and jobs act. Hes been a proponent of deregulation and an advocate for ending bureaucratic overreach. Senator toomey, a strong defender of free trade will be laying out his thoughts on the current agreement today and after his presentation, he will be joined for a conversation with ai resident scholar dr. Scissors. He has written extensively on the usmca and its impact on americas position in the world. Please join me in welcoming senator toomey to the stage. [ applause ] thanks, robert, for that kind introduction and most of all, thanks to you and aei for hosting this and giving me this chance to share my thoughts and have a conversation about what i think is an important topic. I appreciate everybody who came out this morning as well. I can tell you that i i take se
I think is an important topic and i appreciate everybody who came out this morning as well. I can tell you i take seriously the advice i get from my staff and one of the messages i get repeatedly from my staff, they like to take me aside and remember just because you cant give a good speech doesnt mean you cant give a short speech. I will keep that in mind as i work my way through my remarks and look forward to the exchange with derek. Lets talk about us mca. When we talk about this, it is worth having a starting point, a question about nafta. Why is it the administration felt it was necessary to renegotiate nafta. That is starting point for us mca. Was it nafta was an unfair, unbalanced agreement, or tariffs that were unacceptable obstacles to trade . Now to all those questions. Nafta is a freetrade agreement. 0 tariffs on 97 of agricultural goods, no quotas, no obstacles, the epitome of a free, fair, reciprocal trade agreement and since nafta was implemented, american exports from me
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Earlier today senator pat toomey of pennsylvania spoke out against the u. S. Mexicocanada trade agreement at an event hosted by the American Enterprise institute. Following his remarks, senator toomey took questions from the audience. This is an hour. Thanks for the kind introduction and thank you for hosting this and giving me this chance to share my thoughts and have a conversation about what i think is an important topic. I a preesh everyboppreciate eve out, as well. I can, and one of the messages i get repeatedly from my staff, they like to take me aside, it doesnt mean you cant give a short speech and ill keep that advice in mind as i work through my remarks and look forward to the exchange with derek. So when i think of usmca, its a starting point about nafta. Why did the u. S. Feel it was necessary to renegotiate nafta because that was the start of usmca. So was it that nafta was an unfair, unbalanced agreement or a lack of reciprocity or was it left that the tariffs left in naf
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