trade. $500 billion last year we had a deficit with china in our deals because we have people that don t know what they re doing. we have people we have donors that get the job. our trade representatives are almost as incompetent as our president. because they get the jobs based on who they contribute to. sure. tlaeps the way the system works. it s no good. i will have the greatest business you know we have the greatest business people in the world. i will have the greatest businessmen and women in the world. i already know who they are. i ll take a carl icahn who s already endorsed me. carl, good luck. handle china. all you have to do is go back and do your broadcast. the end result will be we will do very well. let me ask you about the clintons. two days ago the clinton team said they were going to punch back, they were going to fight you, there was this back and forth, as hillary clinton suggested you were sexist. you responded using her words against her husband. it seems
corporate leaders and not member congress. fast track authority would give any agreement a straight up or down vote on an accelerated timetable and would virtually guarantee passage of the tpp. the countries involved in this risky trade agreement are in the process of scheduling the next meeting of tpp ministers. trade representatives say the next meeting will likely take place next month. democrats in congress need to say no to fast track and stop the tpp from moving forward. and the way this would work, if fast track isn t granted and the debate can take place on the house and the senate floor, then that means this trade agreement is going to be stalled internationally because a lot of these other countries will not go along without the world s biggest customer, which is the united states. we re a big customer. we re a lousy negotiator. lori wallach is the director of the public citizens global watch, a trade group. great to have you with us tonight, lori.
it would make the cost of drugs, doctors without borders say it s the worst pact ever when it comes to making drugs affordable around the world to developing countries. so we have concerns about workers everywhere, about the economies everywhere. and we are for fair trade agreements. but we haven t seen one. we ve only seen agreements that actually have hurt workers in the united states and workers where we ve had trade pacts before. so there is this incredible propaganda machine, you know, that runs down at the trade representatives office and out of the department of commerce. a and as someone said earlier, it doesn t matter who is president, they have their own agenda, and we have never had a president stand up to them, push back, and say no, it s about jobs in america. let s stop the bs here. and let s talk about the real balance. and an update on the guesting on this program. again today we asked senator
problems. it didn t happen. it didn t happen because he didn t have the experience. he didn t have the record. he didn t have the policies to do it. portman has been around the block in washington from a lawyer in the white house council s office and office of legislative affairs to congressmen from cincinnati to u.s. trade representatives and budget director under president george w. bush. portman was seen as a budget talk in congress and the bush administration. he earned nicknames from president bush some revealed as he steps down from the office of management and budget. although my title was director of omb other titles came my way. dr. know. tight wad. budget hawk. penny pincher and some not suitable for television audienceses. there are critics out there who say this is a bush administration that also ballooned the national debt and some see that as a negative
to put noaa in what would have been a more sensible place. president obama while he was announcing not only does he want to take noaa out of commerce department, and put it somewhere more normal, like the interior department. not only does he want to move noaa, maybe wants to get rid of the commerce department altogether. he wants to take six departments or agencies that deal with business or trade, the commerce department, small business administration, u.s. trade representatives office, export-import bank, overseas private investment corporation, trade and development agency, all these agencies that have overlapping responsibilities for different parts of business and trade, wants to take all of these six agencies and console i date them. the white house says that consolidation would not only simplify and streamline government would save $3 billion