renegotiating nafta. u.s. trade representative robert lighthizer told the president today at the cabinet meeting, we are very close to a deal with the mexicans. in terms of nafta, right now, we are meeting with the mexicans, literally, as we sit here, and i am hopeful that in the next several days, we ll have a breakthrough. there are still some difficult issues to work on, as there always are at the end the end. i guess the mexican economy minister by having a deal at the end of the week. robert lighthizer told the president that we will have a deal in the next few days. we ll see. we ll see. you know, always, the devil in the details. we have to make sure that everything has been taken care of. hurdles that could be worked out. the other part of the stock surge was news about china wanting to come back to the table. the chinese delegation, including the chinese vice minister, will meet u.s. officials on the treasury department to try to de-escalate the escalating trade disp
the dow surged? and renegotiating nafta. robert lightheiser said we are very close to a deal with mexicans. in terms of nafta we are in the meeting with the mexicans as we sit here and i am hopeful that in the next several days we will have a breakthrough. there are difficult issues to work on. i asked the mexican economy minister about having a deal by the end of the week. we will see. always the devil is in the details. we have to make sure everything we have some hurdles. reporter: the other part of the stock surge was news about china wanting to come back to the table. the chinese delegation will meet us officials in the treasury department to de-escalate the
goldilocks report for investors. it s not terrible, so no warning signals that the economy is collapsing paren not great, so the fed will necessarily raise interest rates this year. for this trump agenda, most experts say tax report not waking to the game. should we can and legislative win with mike americans get tax stocks, stock surge even more, bret. bret: lauren, thank you. how do you feel about the i cannot me? let me know on twitter and facebook.com. russia is avowing what it calls a tough response to a u.s. order to shut down moscow of austria s consulate in san francisco along with offices here in washington and in new york. they call it retaliation for the kremlin s order to cut staff in moscow. that was a response to new u.s. sanctions on russia. today, foreign minister sergei
this job report, it s a goldilocks report for investors. it s not terrible, so no warning signals that the economy is collapsing paren not great, so the fed will necessarily raise interest rates this year. for this trump agenda, most experts say tax report not waking to the game. should we can and legislative win with mike americans get tax stocks, stock surge even more, bret. bret: lauren, thank you. how do you feel about the i cannot me? let me know on twitter and facebook.com. russia is avowing what it calls a tough response to a u.s. order to shut down moscow of austria s consulate in san francisco along with offices here in washington and in new york. they call it retaliation for the kremlin s order to cut staff in moscow. that was a response to new u.s. sanctions on russia. today, foreign minister sergei
jeff sessions was weak on the intelligence leaks crackdowns so then jeff sessions does a press conference without taking any questions from the press by the way, in which he says exactly what the president wants to hear. and so i m not convinced as of now that they are actually going to move forward with this in the way that they say or the way that they think is warranted given the lack of specifics. and it is our job to remain skeptical about this but it is tough to get those answers when the a.g. won t take any questions after this. but great to have you all on. i appreciate it. charlie savage, chris downing and alexa sounding. and coming up, we turn our attention to the economy and president trump is celebrating the latest labor numbers or the stock surge and we ll talk about the up tick in our economy next. with hydrogenated oil.