U. S. Governors invited their counterparts from canada to the u. S. For a discussion on how states and canadian provinces can Work Together. On trade, infrastructure, and the environment. This is part of the National Governors Association Annual winter meeting, held in washington, d. C. Well, so, our next panel, were very excited to get an number perspective on infrastructure. Earlier, i had a chance to meet with mexicos current chair of the governors, konogo, the current chair is francisco dominguez, and the incoming chair governor carlos mendosa and we have both representatives from mexico and canada up here on the stage, were really thrilled to have with us, a total of five premieres from our neighbors to the north, who we very much appreciate everybody making the tremendous effort to come down here and join us. They are going to be joining us for this discussion on infrastructure from an international perspective. I believe that canadas doing some really interesting and Creative Th
International perspective on infrastructure. Earlier, i had a chance to meet with mexicos current chair of the governors, konogo, the current chair is francisco dominguez, and the incoming chair governor carlos mendosa. And we have both representatives from mexico and canada up here on the stage, were really thrilled to have with us, a total of five premiers from our neighbors to the north, who we very much appreciate everybody making the tremendous effort to come down here and join us. They are going to be joining us for this discussion on infrastructure from an international perspective. I believe that canadas doing some really interesting and Creative Things on infrastructure. So we want to thank each one of you for joining us. We have saskatchewan premiere, scott moe who is the chair of the council of federation, which is our equivalent, sort of like the nga of canada, quebec premier, francois legault, ontario premier doug ford, and new brunswi New Brunswick premier blaine higgs an
I have to use my teacher voice here. Talk about settling down and get back to business. So this is not the first rodeo for our next set of panelists. They dont just know u. S. Canadian relations, they have actually lived u. S. Canadian relations. They have all been ambassadors for either the u. S. Or for canada. And several of them have held Elective Office and we suspect they all have some stories to tell as much as prospectives to share. Moderating this discussion is emily rahala of the Washington Post, she now writes about Foreign Affairs with a focus on canada. She previously reported for the post and for time in asia and she shares an overseas press club award for the internet in china. Joining her on the stage is jim blanchard, u. S. Ambassador to canada from 1993 to 96. He played an important part in the passage of nafta 1. Hes also a former member of congress, and a former governor of michigan. And hes currently with the l. A. Piper. Gary doer was canadian ambassador to the u.
we are on location for the next couple of weeks at the ces, the consumer electronics show. it s one of the largest trade shows in america, and we re going to show you some of the interviews we did with tech leaders, and we re going to show you some of the latest technology. this is the communicators on c-span. [background sounds] gary shapiro, this year s ces. what are some of the buzz products? well, ces 2018 is pretty big. and the products, you know, this is a lot of focus on artificial intelligence in many different ways. so we have the smart speakers which is alexa, google home and now, obviously, google s huge here. we re talking about bringing products into the home and into the car. we re also talking about artificial intelligence in another way, we have a big focus on smart cities for the first time. we have the secretary of transportation here talking about it and a lot of groups focusing on it. that s business to government, business to those that are investin
and today, gold is trading at the highest level since may 18th. u.s. treasury yields are lower. german bond yields are close to zero. the vix is up almost 10% today alone. so one big question is are investors ignoring risk that s are in the markets? let s bring in dominick chu. he s been sitting here patiently for at least 12 seconds. and mike santolli, you re looking for risky sectors. we want to hone in on three specific ones. we have a limited amount of time. let s start with one of the hot trades of the year, arguably over the last couple of years. it s been utility stocks. if you look at utility stocks, we know they ve been the safe haven trade. less economically sensitive and ones that pay higher dividend yields. these things have been so popular that they now trade at around 20 times earnings. that is higher than we ve been at any point in the last decade, perhaps an overvaluation concern and, of course, with all of these interest rate proxies, these one that s act