Introduce Ambassador Green who will introduce the panel and others on the discussion for today. But i would like to make some comments here just about the unique opportunity here in the discussion literally on the eve of onebirthday, anniversary oneyear birthday, anniversary of the signing of the usmca. For those of you who dont know Kansas City southern as well as others, again, one of the largest railroads in North America with a significant presence this mexico. So our business has been very tightly connected to u. S. Mexico trade since the implementation of nafta 25, 27 years ago. We are now in the process of merging with a canadian national which is also one of the largest Transportation Railroad companies in North America, expect combination of canadian and the combination of canadian national and Kansas City southern will create a Rail Network that is unmatched across North America. And it is our belief that the opportunity for Trade Growth across all three countries is just fan
I am delighted to have been asked to kick off this remarkable roundtable discussion. My primary role here will be to introduce Ambassador Green who will introduce the panel and others on the discussion for today. I would like to make some comments here about the unique discussion on the eve of the oneyear birthday, anniversary, of the signing of u. S. Mca. For those of you who dont know can city southern as well as others, we are one of the largest railroads in North America with a significant presence in mexico. So our business has been very tightly connected to u. S. Mexico trade since the implementation of nafta 25, 27 years ago. We are now in the process of merging with a canadian national, also one of the largest Transportation Railroad companies in North America. The combination will create a Rail Network that is unmatched across North America. And it is our belief that the opportunity for Trade Growth across all three countries is just a fantastic opportunity for North America.
Moved to safety and as concerns that a dam could collapse. The senior most u. S. General says taliban 5 has no control. Nearly half of the countries, 400. 00 plus the districts. Mock mitty says the group has strategic momentum, as it takes of a new areas. Or this is us troops pull out. I would tell you that as of today, more or less, i guess its about 212. 00 to 13. 00 in that range. 2 hundreds of the district centers are in taliban control. Its about half of the 419. 00 that are out there. Youve got 34 provincial capitols in afghanistan. None of them have been seized as of today by the taliban. Although the taliban is putting pressure on the outskirts of probably a half of them. 17 of them in fact. And what theyre trying to do is isolate the major population centers. Townsend, he has main opposition. Party is demanding to know whether chairman is after an overnight police rate. Freeman and boy, and 10 of the team of party members were arrested on wednesday. The party says the arrest t
Charter communications supports cspan as a public service. Along with these other television providers. Giving you a front Row Seat to democracy. Commerce secretary unveiled a new economic Development Initiative that will be part of the american Rescue Plan. She talked about it during the white House Briefing with Press Secretary jen psaki. Jen we have a special guest. Happy to welcome back secretary of commerce. Today she will be telling us about a new economic Development Initiative that the department is launching thanks to the american Rescue Plan. Shell take a couple of questions. After that, as always, ill be the bad cop. Ill turn it over to the secretary. Sec. Raimondo thank you, jen. Thank you, jen. Good afternoon, everybody. So, as the president often says, and as we all know, were on the road to recovery. And today with this announcement we mark a real step forward in that recovery. As jen just said, the president signed the american Rescue Plan into law, intended to get our
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