You today to testify on the president s trade jaeagenda ande newly renegotiated United States mexico canada agreement. I would like to begin by notie ingnoteing that the American Economy is growing well. Were growing substantially faster than any other g7 country. We added 5. 8 million jobs since the 2016 election. Notab notably, 500,000 of those jobs are in manufacturing. The Unemployment Rate of 3. 6 is the lowest in half a century and has been at or below 4 for 15 consecutive months. Hourly wages were up some 3. 1 over the last 12 months. And contrary to what one hears, exports are growing. Indeed, 2018 was the highest year in our history for exports of both goods and services. While agricultural exports in 2018 were not the highest in history, they were up over 2017 and 2016. Im pleased to present the trade policy agenda at the 2018 annual report of the committee. This document, which u. S. Put out usgr put out recently outlines the administrations trade priorities and catalogs rec