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Wanted ross to jump through the hoops of designating this as a national security matt earp. the other important thing that is happened here is not just the swiss cheese nature of the announcement but basing it on national security of the trade law never used for this purpose before. trump has wanted to do this, theyve been working it for months. bob lighthizer the u.s. trade rep is a very significant and substantive player. this is one -- this is the few areas in trump world where all of the noi...

Impose tariffs on harley davidson and imports. does somebody actually get hurt out of this. >> we dont know the details yet or which countries will be excluded. the president said nice things before australia. i dont know where other countries fit. but those who get hit by the tariffs, including the europeans, stand to be damaged and that is important because they are crucial allies, not just on national security, but even on economic matters. u.s. trade rep light houser is planning to head to e...

That we will defend our national interests. >> robert lighthizer proposing a new nafta include lower trade deficits, unfair eliminate unfr subsidies. update the rules of origin. the latter would insist that half of all materials used to make cars sold in this region come from the u.s. canada filed a 35 page complaint with the wto accusing the u.s. of nearly 200 examples of unfair trade practices. something robert lighthizer called and he lived by attack. mexican officials warned they will leave ...

It does continue the national institutes of health, 34 billion. there is also an effort to install low income pell grants. back with the panel. laura, i talked to a number of conservatives today who look at this and say, where is the change in washington? speaker chuck schumer got a lot of them is bill. he also wanted the 68 million for new york city for the trump family. democrats are winners and eyes. g.o.p. leadership are winners because they never want to do shut down the government. they ar...

Institutes of health, 34 billion. there is also an effort to install low income pell grants. back with the panel. laura, i talked to a number of conservatives today who look at this and say, where is the change in washington? speaker chuck schumer got a lot of them is bill. he also wanted the 68 million for new york city for the trump family. democrats are winners and eyes. g.o.p. leadership are winners because they never want to do shut down the government. they are petrified, more than anythin...

The extemporaneous rambling that he did there, to what sean spicer did when he read that statement. i agree with what has been said here. today was not just a good day for sean spicer, it was a great day for sean spicer. there were some things that he said that i disagree with and that people would take issue with. overall, he showed a facility with policy and details with policy. >> bret: remember, he used to be with the trade rep as a spokesperson. so, he knows the inside out of trade really w...

The extemporaneous rambling that he did there, to what sean spicer did when he read that statement. i agree with what has been said here. today was not just a good day for sean spicer, it was a great day for sean spicer. there were some things that he said that i disagree with and that people would take issue with. overall, he showed a facility with policy and details with policy. >> bret: remember, he used to be with the trade rep as a spokesperson. so, he knows the inside out of trade really w...

Sold on that idea. theyre concerned it could ultimately cost jobs. that could be setting up a little bit of fight with members of his own party. the second action were anticipating, hes going to sign an executive order announcing his intention to pull out of tpp. that multinational trade deal that president obama was fighting for during his administration. the thing to know about that, though, steph, is that president trump is going to task his top economic advisers, his u.s. trade rep, with neg...

About to lose about a thousand jobs. because gas is cheap, people arent clamoring for fuel-efficient cars. one american car company was being criticized, another was being praised. ford announced its not going forward with the new plant in mexico. it has instead chosen to invest $700 million in the michigan facility. >> you look at what ford is doing. they are building billions of dollars worth of plants in mexico. i want them to build the plants in the united states. >> the move saved about 700...

Kristen welker and halle jackson he announced a new trade rep. he was the deputy reagan trade representative and ronald reagan was in favor of all of those trade deals and not in favor of any of the trade positions of donald trump. >> andrea, you take all these things together and this is donald trump flexing his muscles even before hes inaugurated. hes trying to demonstrate strength on hey, ford motor company, you better not have any plants in mexico, and gm im watching you guys, too. at the sa...