Bigger worry the back and forth right now on china and whether we really are going to remove those tariffs at 165 billion worth of goods from china that are supposed to take effect on december 15th, now, again, weve gotten mix reads out of that so we really dont know for sure but just a hint of that, it was coming coming from china that they were optimistic that that would be the case, we dont know where the president stands on this, all of this on the same day we had democrats announcing arms articles of impeachment against the president of the United States. Edward lawrence sorting out with the markets, sir. Watching what youre saying, neil, with the announcement from nancy pelosi and heads of 8 committees that negotiate on the democrats side, they were trying to take credit here for usmca, at one point in the News Conference House Speaker says thousand anonstarter deal that she got and turned into a deal thats good standard for all trade deals across the board, the white house pushi
This is the second month and a rope where it surprised to the upside. It was coming down. Is it going back up . Carl it still looks like there is a broader deceleration underway but the slope is much shallower and it tells you some of the handwringing over the trade war is overblown in terms of the consequences for the broader economy. The trade wars negative without doubt. Growth is slowing. As the economy slows, hiring should slope, but things are not rolling over. Written a fair amount about the relationship between the economy and the growth of the jobs numbers. Is it changing your mind about how much the economy is slowing . Carl may be at the margin it tells us there is less slow down. If we look at the number of hours worked, a unit of gdp requires a certain number of worker hours to produce and the fact that aggregate hours worked is growing at 1. 9 to the us thet quarter tells tracking estimates of gdp that are below our forecast are down closer to 1 . Is based takeaway here o
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
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On cspan. To talk aboutoing the u. S. Mexicocanada trade agreement and two guests joining us. Lori wallach with Public Citizen, the global trade watch director and philip coxe of the group trade works for america. Thank you for joining us today. Of whatnapshot not only usmca is, but the perspective you take on its bedload the litany. Validity. Guest the good news is nafta definitely needs to be replaced. A million jobs have been certified as lost to nafta. Nafta has been a mess. The bad news is the deal the , itident signed last year would have fixed job outsourcing and added a monopoly rights for pharmaceutical companies to lock in prices. The president has been stalling fixing that stuff. Maybe we get a deal that could make a difference for people. The president is going to have to decide if he will fix nafta or stick with the pharmaceutical companies. Guest 2 not surprisingly, i have a little bit different take on it. I think it is really a balance disagreement. This agreement will