Property law they passed in july. A very basic deal. Does not move the ball forward, but relieves some of the tension and maybe takes the threat of retaliation down a notch. This administration has been riven by divisions over trade policy between the hawks and the pragmatist. This may be one side the pragmatist try to get their case before donald trump. The story says he has not made a decision yet. David we have five people who should have knowledge of the subject. At the same time, there was a contradiction. We have seen this in this administration before. They do not always move as one. Michael you do not know who each person talk to so you do not know which side of the debate they are on. There is only one decider, and that is donald trump. He seems to go back and forth depending on what his gut tells him. This is certainly a possibility. What we are reporting is it is on the table, not that it necessarily happen. David s got perhaps informed by the polls, particularly in the midw
Helsinki, Michael Mckee in new york, and Kevin Cirilli down in houston. There was a bloomberg report trumpday that president might have a ceasefire, and the president basically confirmed it. Pm johnson i see a lot of pres. Trump i see a lot of analysts seeing we will do a piecemeal. Easy or hard. Theres a deal or theres not a deal, but it is something we are considering. David there you heard it. It looks a little like the chinese may have responded this morning. Right. Xactly some economists are talking about a mini deal. Theres the prospect of china buying some u. S. Agricultural products and exempting pork and soybeans from additional tariffs. Expectedtowards these talks in october at a high level between both sides, there is a word of caution as well in all of this. China has always been in the market for more agricultural goods. Dating more pork in particular because of swine flu. Theres certainly evidence of some good gestures, but no signs of a major, sustainable breakthrough ju
Great attendance with the wonderful diversity in her field. But today we come to one of our two major events of the year, our summer signature program. And i need to think to friends who sponsor and made todays great event worthwhile. First of all my friends and forum. In forum is a research and consulting progra firm that hasn open for 52 years and very much embodies the great tradition of innovated Economic Research at the university of maryland. Secondly our friends at the National Association of realtors, since 1908, they have been the voice of the Real Estate Community of washington and provided valuable Economic Data and research and the critical sector of the economy. With that in mind, with those organizations supporting us and with the large and distinguished audience behind us, we have come to a moment and i have to tell you, i cannot imagine a better marriage of a moment and a speaker then what we have today. Jim is really a man who embodies best the bark field. One of the j
Welcome to the National Economists club 2019 senator mitch are account. Im happy to say we are having a better year, our Weekly Lunch Program is enjoying great attendance. We have rich diversity of speakers, intellectual diversity of the field. We come to one of our two major events of the year, our summer signature program. I want to thank two friends, two sponsors that made it worthwhile. In for him is a research and consulting firm, very much embodies the tradition of innovative Economic Research at the university of maryland. Our friends at the National Association of realtors since 1908 they have been the voice of the Real Estate Community in washington and provided some invaluable economic data, Economic Research and the critical sector of the economy. With those organizations supporting us with this large and distinguished audience behind us we come to a moment, i cannot imagine a better marriage of a moment and the speaker, then what we have today. James bullard is really a man
Up next here on cspan 3 a discussion from the Woodrow Wilson center on trade, Border Security and other issues along the u. S. mexico border. This lasts about an hour. All right, were going to get started here. Over the next i would say most important part of the day. Thank you all. Im the chair of the Border Trade Alliance and my day job is Vice President of the San Diego Regional Chamber of commerce. I have to start by saying this is my favorite conference each year. You know, whether youre new to the conversation on the u. S. mexico relationship and the border or youre an expert, the pan lists and the speakers provide thought provoking comments. Al and this panel is no exception. Were really pleased to hear and have them here. Ill run through and introduce them, but to kind of frame the conversation, you know, these panelists they have lived and breathed and in a couple cases run the border the Border Management ports of entry. So well cover a variety of factors that Border Manageme