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An agreement. the congress gets an up or down vote. its whats gotten us so far in trade. its important to keep it going. i dont think anybody bolts. its a signal to the trading partners that the united states is de-emphasizing trade. and it raises broader questions about whether theres still a trade consensus in washington. to my mind, its presidential leadership. george w. bush had to do this for drkafta. and reagan had to do it for canada. because weve got the populist where theres this underc...

Well, mcdonough seemed to downplay the report a bit on sunday. take a listen. >> his view is that if this is to go forward, it should not significantly exacerbate the climate -- >> you have a state department study -- >> we have one department with a study. now we have other expert agencies -- the epa and many others -- who have -- the energy department -- an opportunity to look at this and make their determination. >> well, mcdonough is particularally correct on the bureaucratic hoops the admin...

Platform. working with your partners, whether it be on the intelligence side, on the training side, on the equipment side, working with them to the extent that they are comfortable and can really utilize those moneys in a way that does build those institutions, does assure security and integrate some more into the north american -- securing the north american perimeter. so i would say absolutely. >> quickly, on nieto and his politics, this was a one-party rule that the country experienced for ne...

Well, president obamas already facing long odds on everything from tax reform to climate change. now, heres one more reason to be a bit skeptical that anything will get done at least this year. even when the president finds an issue that has republican support, he cant seem to get democrats on the same page. case in point is trade. president obamas calling on congress to give him trade promotion authority, which would essentially allow him to fast track some trade agreements. two of the largest ...

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