This morning. She talked about foreign interference in u. S. Elections, the progress of the ongoing covid19 relief tax, with treasury secretary steven mnuchin, and the nomination of judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Speaker pelosi good morning, everyone. As we gather here this morning once again, the toll rises. 822,000 americans have died from the coronavirus. Over 8 million have been infected by it. Over 20 Million People are out of work because of the coronavirus. It is urgent that we come to an agreement to crush the virus, put money in the pockets of the American People, and to honor our heroes, our state and local workers, our healthcare workers, our police fire, First Responders and our transportation, sanitation, food workers, and teachers, teachers, teachers, all of whom who make our society run. Many of whom risk their lives to save lives, and now they may lose their jobs. And over 1 million already have because we have not honored them. Use all authority to thank
We talked about it last night. What is going to happen after that . I dont know. Mr. Meadows . Thank, chairman. , you can take a bit of a breather on your return to the committee. What i want to do is go through with the people who are watching the conversation that you and i had when we spoke on the telephone. You were kind enough to hear out a presentation that i made and i intend to have some questions in that area. It does not make sense if i have not laid the predicate particularly for our viewers who are watching this. I guess the reason i want to do this is because people who are watching this need to understand that this small hearing room and the little tv box you are looking at, the little screen you are looking at are a little bit like the frame of a puppet theater. If you only look at what is going on in the puppet theater, you are not going to understand the whole story, you are not going to understand the real dynamic of what is going on here. You are certainly not going
[inaudible] im ready when you are. Are you live . Are we going . Senator whitehouse. Thank. , you can take a bit of a breather on your return to the committee. What i want to do is go through with the people who are watching the conversation that you and i had when we spoke on the telephone. You were kind enough to hear out a presentation that i made and i intend to have some questions in that area. It does not make sense if i have not laid the predicate particularly for our viewers who are watching this. I guess the reason i want to do this is because people who are watching this need to understand that this small hearing room and the little tv box you are looking at, the little screen you are looking at are a little bit like the frame of a puppet theater. If you only look at what is going on in the puppet theater, you are not going to understand the whole story, you are not going to understand the real dynamic of what is going on here. You are certainly not going to understand forces
When we treat everybody fairly. Equalen we truly have opportunities. This is not a zerosum game. David i am the fellow for trade and economics at the Baker Institute. Thealso a law professor at university of arizona. I am pleased to welcome all of you on behalf of the center for nd mexico at baker and at rice. This is the first of our five planned webinars on the ,mplementation of the usmca which Everybody Knows went into effect on july 1. Just a quick plug for the other events. September 24, investor settlement, or the lack of. In october, the usmca governing trade and auto parts. That sector accounts for 25 plus Percentage Points of total manufacturing trade within north america. In november come november, environmental provisions. In december, we will focus on the stakeholder issues. Those Companies Directly involved in importing and exporting across the north american borders, who are dealing with new enforcement provisions, a different kind of certificate of origin, and other chal
Listening from. I am an emeritus law professor from the university of arizona. Very pleased to welcome all of you. Our five first of webinars of the implication of the trade agreement of the usmca , which as everyone knows was forced about two months ago on july 1. In october, the usmca provisions on auto parts account for 25 plus Percentage Points of manufacturing trade in north america then then, in november, we will talk about other provisions and in december, we will switch gears and focus on some of the stakeholder issues. At the companies that are directly involved in importing and exporting across the north american borders who are dealing with the new enforcement provisions. Origin and kind of other challenges, the nittygritty that determines whether trade is going to work or not. All of these webinars are free. You do need to register to get on big marker. We thought it would be a port appropriate to start the series with a question of context. You have the usmca. It was negot