the boxes are going to be about taxes, regulations, and trade. yup. here s another thing, chris, that we really need to understand, and that is when we re imposing tariffs on the canadians and we re beating up our european allies, when the time comes when we need something problem. when the time comes that we need them to kind of reach a little bit, when we are punishing them economically and not getting along with them, they re not fools. at some point they re going to say, forget it. we re not going along with you. yeah. and that s the danger and the danger of walking away fundamentally from free trade, which has raised more people out of poverty and given this world a lot more than what we ve lost. the trade debate is important. people stopped arguing about the importance of free trade. if we lock down trade, the whole world will suffer, and so will our workers because many americans are in jobs today that are related to trade. 100%. and if we shut it down, they lose
i thought about it, chris, the day after the korean summit broke up, i mean, with north korea over in vietnam. what i thought about right then is, what does this do for the china negotiations? and i don t know. the jury is out on where they re going to come down. it could be that china says, oh, we ll buy more soybeans or whatever. but what we re looking for are the structural changes that must come vis-a-vis china. and can we be in a position of where we can say, yup, we really have got some significant changes, even on currency manipulation, which is another issue that s related to trade. we sound like a couple economists here. people are not that interested in economists, you know? listen, one thing i ve learned, gov, it doesn t matter if it s what people want in the moment if it s what people need. you know what i mean? there s enough sugar in the news right now. this stuff is going to matter. it s going to matter in the election. it s a challenge for the democrats. how do you of
you know what i mean? there s enough sugar in the news right now. this stuff is going to matter. it s going to matter in the election. it s a challenge for the democrats. how do you offer a better deal than the president has? the boxes are going to be about taxes, regulations, and trade. yep. here s another thing, chris, that we really need to understand, and that is when we re imposing tariffs on the canadians and we re beating up our european allies, when the time comes when we need something problem. when the time comes that we need them to kind of reach a little bit, when we are punishing them economically and not getting along with them, they re not fools. at some point they re going to say forget it. we re not going along with you. yeah. and that s the danger and the danger of walking away fundamentally from free trade, which has raised more people out of poverty and given this world a lot more than what we ve lost. the trade debate is important. people stopped arguin