trudeau criticized him. trump didn t like that, took strong exception. and has seemed to go out of his way at every available opportunity, whether at a rally or other event, to belittle him as justin, never using his last name, and taking pot shots at canada s dairy policy, which is very criticizable, there are issues there. but trump has made this a personal hobby horse seemingly out of the blue. daniel, i want you to put this into context for us. i want you to put up a poll. from the chicago council on global affairs. it was taken in late july once we were well into this trade war with the world. the question was is nafta good or bad for the economy? a question of americans. overall 63% say good. 32% say bad. republicans, a smaller percentage say bad. democratic, a larger percentage say good than bad. with independents it breaks two-thirds in favor of nafta. even in canada not everybody likes nafta. not everybody thought it was a great deal. but it is imperative for these two count
they started off on warms terms for whatever reason. the president liked the inclusive prime minister very different from him. but things soured. and they seem to sour in the wake of trump s decision to impose steel tariffs. and has seemed to go out of his way at every available opportunity, whether at a rally or other event and taking pot shots at canada s dairy policy, which is very criticizable. you know, there are issues there. but trump has made this a personal hobby horse seemingly out of the blue. daniel, i want you to put this into context for us. i want you to put up a poll. it was taken in late july once we were well into this trade war with the world. the question was is nafta good or bad for the economy. overall 63% say good. 32% say bad. republicans, a smaller
terms for whatever reason. the president liked the inclusive prime minister very different from him. but things soured. and they seem to sour in the wake of trump s decision to impose steel tariffs. and has seemed to go out of his way at every available opportunity, whether at a rally or other event and taking pot shots at canada s dairy policy, which is very criticizable. you know, there are issues there. but trump has made this a personal hobby horse seemingly out of the blue. daniel, i want you to put this into context for us. i want you to put up a poll. it was taken in late july once we were well into this trade war with the world. the question was is nafta good or bad for the economy. overall 63% say good. 32% say bad. republicans, a smaller percentage say bad.
republican in the united states senate seems to be stick with donald trump until your state collapses. joni ernst apparently has no intention of abandoning the president before the collapse of iowa. she seems to be saying she will have to see the complete collapse of the farm economy in iowa for her to abandon the president. donald trump came in second in the iowa caucuses at the beginning of the presidential campaign. if he keeps up his trade war with the world, donald trump just might find a way to come in second in the iowa caucuses again in 2020. leading off our discussion now, jared bernstein, senior fellow at the center for budget and policy priorities. he was a chief economist and economic policy adviser to vice president biden. also with us nurra tanneden, hillary clinton s policy director during the 2008 presidential campaign. and john harwood is with us.
meanwhile, coal exports, they jumped 61% in 2017 from a year earlier. shipments to asia more than doubled at the same time. wyoming is one of the biggest producers of coal. in 2016, it produced 41% of all u.s. coal production. so far, it looks like a lot of americans who cast a vote for president trump are losing out in this looming trade war with the world. here s my question. who specifically is president trump fighting for, and are the policies putting in place going to do anything of the sort? joining me now, john harwood, editor at large at cnbc. john, first, canada, mexico, and the european union, and now china, they all appear to be retaliating against industries affected by trump country. clearly, this is by design. is it actually going to come to pass, or is this some sort of rhetoric, game of chicken, that will get people to play ball? a trump enthusiast would say, this is how president trump gets