Will be talking about that new agreement with two of our biggest allies to save nafta. Well go live to the white house rose garden in a few moments. Also the combat over kavanaugh. Questions over what the fbi is going to be asking in the investigation of allegations made about the Supreme Court nominee, and about the people who will not be a part of that. Well look at that in a moment. But we start with just moments from now President Trump will step in front of reporters in the white house rose garden to tout an 1 1th Hour Trade Deal reached last night. The u. S. Mexico, Canada Agreement replaces nafta, at least in name. And at this mornings tweets if its any indication, you can expect a victory lap. The president writing the agreement is, quote, a great deal for all three countries and will bring all three great nations together in competition with the rest of the world. The markets so far seem to like the deal. All of the indices are up right
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tough trade tactics for the successful renegotiation of nafta, but how different is this new nafta? chief business correspondent christine romans is in our money center with the answer. new and improved? it has a new name, the president rebranding nafta as the united states-mexico-canada agreement and he says it never would have happened without his trade threats. by the way, without tariffs we wouldn t be talking about a deal, just for those babies out there that keep talking about tariffs, that includes congress. oh, please don t charge tariffs. without tariffs you wouldn t be we wouldn t be standing here. trump promised to use tariffs to force out trade deals like with china. he calls the usmca a brand-new deal but it s a nafta modernizati modernization. it addresses business that is didn t exist in 1984, it s stronger on intellectual property. other big changes, benefits for u.s. wheat farmers, more access to canada s protected dairy market, that s a relatively
be talking about a deal, just for those babies out there that keep talking about tariffs. that includes congress. oh, please don t charge tariffs. without tariffs you wouldn t be we wouldn t be standing here. despite today s fanfare the original nafta remains in effect until the new deal can be approved by the legislatures of all three countries. daniel dale is with us. he s washington bureau chief for the toronto star. and he s been the go-to social media expert for a lot of us today looking for someone to truth squad this. so daniel, where to begin? the crowd the president was talking to in tennessee tonight, what will they get from this? and can he argue with a straight face that nafta is going to be thrown out the window, we are starting fresh? i m paraphrasing. how much nafta is going to be in usmca? i ll answer the second one first. there is a whole lot of nafta in this agreement. this is a revision of nafta, no matter what they call it.
a victory lap ceremony the president boasted the deal will quote transform north america back into a manufacturing powerhouse. trump also defended his aggressive trade policies claiming those tactics led to this win. without tariffs we wouldn t be talking about a deal, just for those babies out there that keep talking about tariffs. that includes congress. please don t charge tariffs. without tariffs you wouldn t be we wouldn t be standing here. despite today s fan fare the original nafta remains in effect until the new deal can be approved by legislatures of all
naft na nafta with a brand new u.s./mexico/canada we added canada, it worked out great trade agreement. we are calling it usmca. no more nafta. president trump rolled out this new trade agreement with canada and mexico today intended as you heard to take place of nafta at what was intended to be a victory lap ceremony the president boasted the deal will quote transform north america back into a manufacturing powerhouse. trump also defended his aggressive trade policies claiming those tactics led to this win. without tariffs we wouldn t be talking about a deal, just for those babies out there that keep talking about tariffs. that includes congress. please don t charge tariffs. without tariffs you wouldn t be we wouldn t be standing here. despite today s fan fare the