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Cabinet picks so far is people have noticed theyre overwhelmingly white male. he made a new pick dealing with international trade relations. that will be interesting to see if that in any way undermines the role and already well-established role of the united states trade rep. >> trumps critics regarding his foundation, which he said hes going to close -- he said, quote, i gave millions of dollars to the foundation, raised or received millions more. all of which is given to charity and media won...

Position from mar-a-lago at some point in the next few weeks. there are two left to fill. va and agricultural, then a pair of cabinet level. u.s. trade rep and director of national intelligence. the team also notes that inauguration day is rapidly approaching. they give a countdown until january 20th ef day. today is 31. one key part of the trump team is going to go with him to d.c. kellyanne conway, the final campaign manager for mr. trump, over the last few months, said this morning she is goi...

Worst fears of nafta proved true for labor in the industrial midwest. why do you -- what do you say to them that says tpp and the eu deal wont do the same thing? >> first of all, chuck, thanks for having us both on. i would say, look was we did in this obama administration when we came in in 2008, and one of the reasons i was privileged and honored that the president asked me to take on this trade portfolio is that, frankly, as a democrat from the state like texas, in which trade is essential to...

Decrease in unemployment in ohio came from the work of governor kasich and his administration. >> greta: we are playing a silly game of the vitial nominee of your party. any thoughts on the vice-presidential choice? >> well, you know, i am partial to rob portman. i have been a long-time friend. united states senator from ohio, served in the director of office of management and budget, under george w. bush, also served as the u.s. trade rep, served in the house of representatives as well. knows h...

U.s. trade rep. just like the president, the agencies are all business. if the president is the candidate of small government, whos the candidate of european welfare at a times. >> hell say anything to win. just like john carey, he speaks french too. >> good afternoon. >> bonjour. >> president hit all campaign buttons. an out dated bureaucratic maze. all in front of a crowd of small businessmen. i thought he might be speaking on the east side of chicago.

phone etiquette, the man was an older gentleman but tells the "new york times" he had just gotten the iphone the day before the concert and he didnt know how it worked, didnt know it had an alarm, didnt know how to turn it off. according to "the times" he apologized to the conductor face to face. apology accepted. the lesson learned. at least turn the ringer off. now this. here we go. top of the hour two. welcome back. couple of stories were watching for you. president obama wants to...

Habit of buying from overseas and not selling the way it needs to. but it is vitally important that we reverse that trend. after all, 95% of the worlds customers and the worlds fastest growing markets are beyond our borders. and when the playing field is even, american workers can compete with anybody. we compete aggressively for every job, for every industry and every market out there. thats why we fought for and passed tax breaks for companies that are investing here in the united states, rath...

What the details are. this weekend, a few hundred feet from where im standing, there were negotiations between the outgoing government of mexico and the current u.s. administration, with the trade rep leading the talks. we need to figure out whats in the deal, and put caveats on it. number one, this doesnt include canada. you still need to get canada to any renegotiation of nafta. you also need congressional approv approval. finally, theres been no indication that building and paying for the wal...

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Including the treasury secretary and u.s. trade rep. tariffs mean when u.s. companies import chinese goods, they have to pay the government. the u.s. is targeting 1,300 items. aerospace equipment and tech and medical supplies. the white house is moving ahead despite multiple rounds of trade talk was beijing. the summit with -- talks with beijing. the recent summit is looking at items from canada and mexico. this fulfills trumps goal of cutting the trade deficit with china. his previous economic ...