Thanks for the kind introduction and thank you for hosting this and giving me this chance to share my thoughts and have a conversation about what i think is an important topic. I appreciate everybody who came out, as well. I can, and one of the messages i get repeatedly from my staff, they like to take me aside, it doesnt mean you cant give a short speech and ill keep that advice in mind as i work through my remarks and look forward to the exchange with derek. So when i think of usmca, its a starting point about nafta. Why did the administration feel it was necessary to renegotiate nafta because that was the start of usmca. So was it that nafta was an unfair, imbalanced agreement or a lack of reciprocity or was it left that the tariffs left in nafta that they were too high and they were unacceptable obstacles to trade . No to all those questions. Nafta is a Free Trade Agreement and zero tariffs on 100 of manufactured goods and no quotas, no obstacles, and it me its the epitome of a fre
Earlier today senator pat toomey of pennsylvania spoke out against the u. S. Mexicocanada trade agreement at an event hosted by the American Enterprise institute. Following his remarks, senator toomey took questions from the audience. This is an hour. Thanks for the kind introduction and thank you for hosting this and giving me this chance to share my thoughts and have a conversation about what i think is an important topic. I a preesh everyboppreciate eve out, as well. I can, and one of the messages i get repeatedly from my staff, they like to take me aside, it doesnt mean you cant give a short speech and ill keep that advice in mind as i work through my remarks and look forward to the exchange with derek. So when i think of usmca, its a starting point about nafta. Why did the u. S. Feel it was necessary to renegotiate nafta because that was the start of usmca. So was it that nafta was an unfair, unbalanced agreement or a lack of reciprocity or was it left that the tariffs left in naf
Even as the Student Movement rises, gun manufacturers are targeting young people. Well speak with the intercepts investigative journalist lee fong. We will also talk about how the Supreme Court would deal with t courses key courses and to the ko brother we ha made mo progress the st five years than i had in the previous 50. Amy then it has been six months since Hurricane Harvey flooded houston, the most diverse city in the united states, home to the nations largest refining and petrochemical complex. You talk about the invisibility and you talk about where the population lives and not only a disaster in terms of the flooding. You talk about a disaster in terms of the environment, pollution, the health threats, the potential for the kinds of impacts that we will see for years to come. Amy we will host a roundtable discussion with dr. Robert bullard, the father of Environmental Justice, and the sierra clubs bryan parras about andthe executive director Goldman Environmental Prize winner h
Even as the Student Movement rises, gun manufacturers are targeting young people. Well speak with the intercepts investigative journalist lee fong. We will also talk about how the Supreme Court would deal with t courses key coursesnd to the kochrothers. E haveade more progress in the la five years than i had in the previous 50. Amy then it has been six months since Hurricane Harvey flooded houston, the most diverse city in the united states, home to the nations largest refining and petrochemical complex. You talk about the invisibility and you talk about where the population lives and not only a disaster in terms of the flooding. You talk about a disaster in terms of the environment, pollution, the health threats, the potential for the kinds of impacts that we will see for years to come. Amy we will host a roundtable discussion with dr. Robert bullard, the father of Environmental Justice, and the sierra clubs bryan parras about andthe executive director Goldman Environmental Prize winn
We will also talk about how the Supreme Court would deal with t courses key courses and to the Koch Brothers. We have made more progress in the last five years than i had in the previous 50. Amy then it has been six months since Hurricane Harvey flooded houston, the most diverse city in the United States, home to the nations largest refining and petrochemical complex. You talk about the invisibility and you talk about where the population lives and not only a disaster in terms of the flooding. You talk about a disaster in terms of the environment, pollution, the health threats, the potential for the kinds of impacts that we will see for years to come. Amy we will host a roundtable discussion with dr. Robert bullard, the father of Environmental Justice, and the sierra clubs bryan parras about andthe executive director Goldman Environmental Prize winner hilton kelly. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Syria