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Those are very optimistic numbers. my question is if you take this provision and take away the sunset clause on individual tax rate that will add to the deficit we are seeing around $20 trillion but it will cost money to do this. >> not only specific provisions of what is added with savings but how is this going to be paid for? i don't think we have seen any details on how it will be paid for and that was one of the weaknesses of the original tax cuts and jobs act because it adds money to this but the economic stimulus could be around half of 1%, even more. could he race the bill that is added...

Clause for individuals. now that this fixes the sunset clause with every antidemocratic support? >> you would hope so. hard for them to keep up that line of attack that this is crumbs and they were disingenuous in saying this would be an increase on middle-class tax families when they were just looking at the future rather than current families who have benefited from these tax cuts. it is going to be hard for them to defend that. going into the midterms it will be harder for democrats particularly in states donald trump won to say i'm going to vote against another tax-cut that makes families ...

Equivalent tariffs to the ones that the americans have unjustly applied to us. i have made it very clear to the president that it is not something we relish doing, but it is something that we absolutely will do, because canadians, we're polite, we're reasonable, but we also will not be pushed around. >> reporter: and not being pushed around also includes something that is incredibly contentious for the president and that includes a sunset clause in nafta. now the president has made it clear not only does he want individual agreements, one with mexico, one with canada, but he also wants it to e...

I'm not looking to play that game. so we're either going to have nafta in a better negotiated form or two deals. >> will it have a sunset clause in it? >> it'll have a sunset. you have two sunsets, concepts of sunset. we're pretty close on the sunset division. >> is it five years? >> you have one group that likes to have five years and then a renegotiation of five years and then you have group that wants longer because of the investments but we're pretty close. yes, sir? >> mr. president, just to come back to russia for a second there's something that happened that got them kicked out of the g...

Understand what the united >> i think they want a better deal on their auto sector from mexico abdomen more on agriculture products. >> are you there? >> we are moving towards flexibility in those areas which i thought was very very promising. the united states wants a sunset clause in nafta. you don't sign a trade deal that automatically expires every five years. >> that's a nonstarter for you. >> you won't be at the table if that's on the table? >> no. you can think about investment. what company will want to invest if canada if five years later there might not be a deal with the united stat...