committee. good morning. maria: how close are we with a deal to mexico? every moment i get optimism but there s still a number of very technical steps that must be made through, but everything we re picking up in the ways and means committee is we re making genuine progress with mexico and mexico has been an honest negotiator where there s still frustration with canada. canada, as you know earlier in the year, sort of engaged in their charm offences but not necessarily quality negotiations maria: yeah, we all know that china has been stealing from the u.s. for decades in terms of forcing this transaction of forcing technology transfer to chinese companies, not opening up their markets to foreigners as well as just out and out stealing intellectual property. do you think a stronger u.s. with allies, mexico perhaps the eu would bode well for the