froman stressed that now is the time to wrap up the talks. ministers from the member nations are expected to meet again next month. >>> and south korea is one of the countries showing interest in joining the tpp talks. government officials held the first public hearing on the free trade deal in seoul. about 200 people participated. they included trade experts as well as citizens who had applied in advance to attend the hearing. at the session, some experts said that if the country did not join negotiations, that could bring disadvantages in competing against japan on the global market. others voiced opposition saying there isn't much to gain from a tpp. they pointed out that the country should instead try to work ought a free trade agreement with china. some citizens asked for detailed explanations from the government on how the trade deal would affect domestic industries. members of a civic group opposed to the tpp interrupted those hearings there and were ordered by police to leave the room. the south korean government plans to decide wheth

trade representative michael froman a spoke about the conservation provisions within the transfer civic partnership today at the charlie palmer steak house and washington d.c. the event was sponsored by the world wildlife fund there about fifty people in attendance including myself other members of the press also u.s. fish and wildlife services was here members from key congressional offices were here the state department embassy of nations were here as well as the sierra club are the first person that spoke was carter roberts used the president and the c.e.o. of the world wildlife fund he said right now is an incredibly important time for conservation and it's time to get a hand on the biggest challenges of environmental destruction these include illegal trade and subsidies as well overfishing he also said that. is quote committed to making sure the right environmental provisions are in place in the heat after mr

without further ado, i would like to call upon ambassador michael froman, a member of the president's cabinet who will represent the cabinet -- the president, the vice president and the first lady and the administration tonight. >> thank you very much. it's a great pleasure and honor to be here tonight for the lighting of the national menorah. i want to thank all the participants in the celebration tonight and particularly the men and women of the u.s. air force bands and thank them for their service. [applause] at hanukkah, we remember the story of a small and brave band of maccabees rising up to liberate their people, to rebuild their temple, to light the eternal flame. the story of hanukkah is a timeless one. it's a story of right over might, of people fighting for freedom, of the struggle that continues today as people strive to celebrate their faith. it's a story of miracles, the america love the oil that lasted eight days and the merkel's that we experience everyday, the miracle of a baby's smile, of a child's discovery, the marital of falling in love, of doing everything in you

ambassador froman. >> thanks very much for having me. it is a great pleasure to be here for all sorts of reasons. first, to have colleagues like secretary kerry, secretary lew, secretary pritzker who have been so supportive, themselves and agencies of what we are trying to do through negotiation of these trade agreements makes a real difference. i'm very grateful for all their support. it's great to the governor's comments about the critical importance of trade agreements to creating jobs and expanding the economy. and when i talk to governors i hear that kind of story and that needs to be told over and over again in this city because as doug alluded to it is a necessary as much understanding of how these trade agreements have an impact on job creation, on growth, on communities and how we can make sure that if we do the trade agreements the right way, this will have a very positive impact on people back home. i'm very grateful to doug and particularly for the leadership role he's been playing in mobilizing the business community to conv

trade representative michael froman a spoke about the conservation provisions within the transpacific partnership today at the charlie palmer steak house in washington d.c. the event was sponsored by the world wildlife fund there about fifty people in attendance including myself other members of the press also u.s. fish and wildlife services was here members from key congressional offices were here the state department embassy of nations were here as well as the sierra club the first person that spoke was carter roberts he is the president and the c.e.o. of the world wildlife fund he said right now is an incredibly important time for conservation and it's time to get a handle on the biggest challenges of environmental destruction these include illegal trade and subsidies as well overfishing he also said that the. committed to making sure the right environmental provisions are in place. after mr roberts spoke we heard from the trade rep michael froman he said that we are in the closing period of the t p p they're hoping to wrap up all these negotiations by the end of twenty thirteen he

trade representative kirk a froman. house form of tennessee, lewd week village, the ceo of bmw north america and dug over helmand, the ceo of caterpillar. i'm going to let the moderator go into a little more detail about each of our panelists. let me introduce who will moderate today's panel. erwin is a washington columnist and the economics editor of a widely read blog in the post. gethe walk block, you can the post news on policy and analysis. an author who is cover the federal reserve and led the post coverage during the financial crisis. lazy gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to our moderator, neil erwin. [applause] >> takes a much. we heard from the secretary, we have been through an era in which trade deals were the small piecemeal things with individual companies, -- countries. we have a great town to discuss he sings. the governor of tennessee, bill , i am proud to have him with us. [applause] another of america's great export success charges caterpillar, the giant exporter of mining and construction equipme

trade representative michael froman a spoke about the conservation provisions within the transpacific partnership today at the charlie palmer steak house and washington d.c. the event was sponsored by the world wildlife fund there about fifteen people in attendance including myself other members of the press also u.s. fish and wildlife services was here members from key congressional offices were here at the state department embassy of nations were here as well as the sierra club are the first person that spoke was carter roberts he is the president and the c.e.o. of the world wildlife fund he said right now is an incredibly important time for conservation and it's time to get a hand on the biggest challenges of environmental destruction these include illegal trade and subsidies as well as overfishing he also said that. is committed to making sure the right environmental provisions are in place and that he. spoke we heard from the trade rep michael froman he said that we are in the closing period of the p.p. they're hoping to wrap up all these negotiations by the end of twenty thirtee

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my encouragement would be, and i will tell you that ambassador froman is one of the best at this. i have great trust in him. he start with the big chunks of things and whack those off, and you make the compromises in the places you have to, but you have to be as broad as you can across as many industries as possible to get it done. i know that is exactly how michael does it. it is hard to say, because unless you are in the room negotiating a deal, what you can compromise on. to me, as much as we can get broadly in these agreements, the better off we are all going to be. i am not going to stand -- i have a long list of things i would like to have done, but i'm not going to do that to you, ambassador. he knows what it is. >> i do not know i have a lot to add to that. in any negotiation you start with how much is at stake and i think there is a lot at stake here. my encouragement would be, do not let the 10% of the things that are the most difficult but still our only 10% of the things stop it from happening. >> i could not agree more. we should not strive for the best of all agreeme

trade rep, ambassador michael froman. [applause] we are going to start with a few comments from each panelist. >> thank you. it is an honor to be here. i have been governor of tennessee for three years and one of the things people ask you is what have you learned? the answer is a whole lot, but one of the quick things he learns is this --international trade agreements directly impact the job of the state governor. when i started running several years ago, that certainly would have been one of the key issues. it is definitely true. let me give you context. in tennessee, we are proud of the fact that we still make things. we make a lot of automobiles, we make a lot of furniture, which people thought had gone from being produced in the u.s. we had a company just last week announced they are moving jobs from china back to tennessee to produce things. we make a lot of medical supplies. we are proud of the fact that we still make things. as you'll see from some of my comments, the ability to make and sell those things is direct

my encouragement would be, and i will tell you that ambassador froman is one of the best in the world in my opinion at this with a tremendous background. i have great trust in hyim on this. you whack those off and in the end you make the compromises in the places you have to compromise. you have to be as broad as you can across as many industries as possible to get it done. that's how michael does it. it's hard to say because unless you're in the room negotiating a deal, to me, it's a broad answer. as much as we can get broadly in these agreements, the better off we're going to be. i'm not going to stand because i have a long list of things i'd like to have done, but i'm not going to do that to the ambassador. he knows what it is. >> i don't know that i have a lot to add to that. in any negotiation you start with, how much is at stake? there's a lot at stake here. my encouragement would be don't let the 10% of those things that are most difficult but still are only 10% of the things stop it it from happening. >> i couldn't agree more. we should not strive for the best of all agreement

this clear to the audience it's been highly criticized for its lack of transparency and even michael froman u.s. trade representative to the people he has even acknowledge these transparency issues now why do you think even our representative to the t.p. is acknowledging these issues does what i think happened well in a moment of candor the top trade official admitted the last time that what the public looked at the text of one of these agreements they couldn't finish it to me and well more importantly someone like senator elizabeth warren is what's in the agreement is so problematic you have to keep it from the american public you have probably shouldn't sign that agreement now what do we know about the meetings and from the meetings that have gone on this week so this is allegedly going to be the last big push to make a deal it's twenty nine chapters about ten of them are done the remaining chapters are not mainly about trade they would set up corporate tribunals or foreign companies could attacked each government outside their courts and demand cash compensation out of our treasuries not

of the race to the bottom expedited not yesterday there was a hearing on capitol hill where michael froman the u.s. trade rep said that the u.s. i'm sorry that the t p p is a living agreement and there would be absolutely nothing to change u.s. laws from this agreement with these secret tribunals do you believe him rocky absolutely not in fact one of the things that we've only found out because of wiki leaks and saying for those leakers who are giving the people the information is that they're trying to extend the monopolization period under patents which means far greater costs for medicines that are necessary for life threatening illnesses so that no i wouldn't trust these people i don't trust a thing they say the representative here in salt lake city for the trade u.s. trade representative said yesterday that they are aiming for and these were her words unprecedented transparency well abbie you're there with the media are you able to get their the text of their the documents that they're proposing because we the people haven't seen anything yet except for what's been leaked through wiki

this clear to the audience it's been highly criticized for its lack of transparency and even michael froman u.s. trade representative to the people he has even acknowledge these transparency issues now in trying to you laurie why do you think even you know our representative to the the t.p. is acknowledging these issues does what i think happened well in a moment of candor the top trade official admitted the last time they let the public look at the text of one of these agreements they couldn't finish it to me and well more importantly someone like senator elizabeth warren is what's in the agreement is. so problematic you have to keep it from the american public you have probably shouldn't sign that agreement now what you we know about the meetings and from the meetings that have gone on this week so this is allegedly going to be the last big push to make a deal it's twenty nine chapters about ten of them are done the remaining chapters are not mainly about trade they would set up corporate tribunals or foreign companies can attack each government outside their courts and demand cash compen

this clear to the audience it's been highly criticized for its lack of transparency and even michael froman u.s. trade representative to the p.p. has even acknowledge these transparency issues now why do you think even you know our representative to the the t.p. is acknowledging these issues does what i think happened well in a moment of candor the top trade official admitted the last time they let the public look at the text of one of these agreements they couldn't finish it to me and well more importantly someone like senator elizabeth warren is what's in the agreement is. so problematic you have to keep it from the american public yet probably shouldn't sign that agreement now what do we know about the meetings and from the meetings that have gone on this week so this is allegedly going to be the last big push to make a deal it's twenty nine chapters about ten of them are done the remaining chapters are not mainly about trade they would set up corporate tribunals where foreign companies can attack each government outside their courts and demand cash compensation out of our treasuries not

this clear to the audience it's been highly criticized for its lack of transparency and even michael froman u.s. trade representative to the people he has even acknowledge these transparency issues now why do you think even you know our representative to the t.p. is acknowledging these issues does what i think happened well in a moment of candor the top trade official admitted the last time that what the public looked at the text of one of these agreements they couldn't finish it to me and well more importantly someone like senator elizabeth warren is what's in the agreement is so problematic you have to keep it from the american public you have probably shouldn't sign that agreement now what do we know about the meetings and from the meetings that have gone on this week so this is allegedly going to be the last big push to make a deal it's twenty nine chapters about ten of them are done the remaining chapters are not mainly about trade. they would set up corporate tribunals where foreign companies can attack each government outside their courts and demand cash compensation out of our treas

this clear to the audience it's been highly criticized for its lack of transparency and even michael froman u.s. trade representative to the people he has even acknowledge these transparency issues now in trying to you or why do you think even our representative to the t.p. is acknowledging these issues does what i think happened well in a moment of candor the top trade official admitted the last time that what the public looked at the text of one of these agreements they couldn't finish it to me and well more importantly someone like senator elizabeth warren is what's in the agreement is so problematic you have to keep it from the american public you have probably shouldn't sign that agreement now what do we know about the meetings and from the meetings that have gone on this week so this is allegedly going to be the last big push to make a deal it's twenty nine chapters about ten of them are done the remaining chapters are not mainly about trade they would set up corporate tribunals or foreign companies could attack each government outside their courts and demand cash compensation out of

. >> on that note when we take a couple of questions from the audience for ambassador froman. while you are thinking i have one for you. the ttp in some regard has been described as the anti-china trade agreement and it's going to see to address some of the problems that the united states has had with china's obligations under an failure to adhere to the wto. can you tell us what ttp is going to do that wto didn't do regarding china because almost everybody in this room has a business in china and almost everybody in this room has dealt with these problems. >> again china is not part of ttp but a lot of the issues that i think people worry about with regard to china are not limited to china. this is a mechanism for us to work together with countries to figure out what the right set of standards are. for example state-owned enterprises are playing an increasing important role competing against private firms. how do we ensure that it's an enterprise slightly focused on commercial activity and act like a commercial after and they don't take the benefits of government ownership su

trade representative michael froman was on hand at the white house as the national menorah was lit. we're start of the eight-day jewish holiday coincided with thanksgiving for the first time since the late 1800s, and this will be the last time for 70,000 years. >>> apparently one county in georgia considered slave as an occupation. and why civil libertarians have a beef with the president over pardoning turkeys. the grip vine is next. and now my journey across the country has brought me to the lovely city of boston. cheers. and seeing as it's such a historic city, i'm sure they'll appreciate that geico's been saving people money for over 75 years. oh... dear, i've dropped my tea into the boston harbor. huhh... i guess this party's over. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> and now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine. after pardoning turkey's carmel popcorn at the white house, the president has pardoned as many flightless birds as drug offenders. the number of turkey, 10, the number of drug offenders 12. that's from a total

trade were presented of michael froman portably wish to finalize the tpp by the end of the year, and are pushing congress to expedite legislation that grants the president something called fast- track authority. 151ver, this week some house democrats and 23 republicans wrote letters to the administration saying they're unwilling to give the president free reign to "diplomatically legislate." for more would go to washington, d.c. where we host a debate on the transpacific partnership. bill watson is a trade policy analyst at the cato institute, a libertarian think tank. and lori wallach, the director of the fair trade public citizens global trade watch group. >> we need to remember when we see some of these reports about intellectual property chapter, we need to remember the free trade agreements are about fundamentally something very different. they are about free trade, and the value of free trade -- i think it is incontrovertible. the united states has been lowering its barriers for 50 years to engage in the global economy in a way that increases growth economically, improves the q

of race to the bottom an expedited not yesterday there was a hearing on capitol hill where michael froman the u.s. trade rep said that the u.s. i'm sorry that the t.t.p. is a living agreement and there will be absolutely nothing to change u.s. laws from this agreement with these secret tribunals do we believe him rocky absolutely not in fact one of the things that we've only found out because of wiki leaks and thank god for those leakers who are getting the p. people the information is that they're trying to extend the monopolization period under patents which means far greater costs for medicines that are necessary for life threatening illnesses so i wouldn't trust these people i don't trust a thing they say the representative here in salt lake city for the trade u.s. trade representative said yesterday that they are aiming for and these were her words unprecedented transparency well abbie you're there with the media are you able to get their the text of their the documents that they're proposing because we the people haven't seen anything yet except for what's been leaked through wiki l

would you please appropriately greet msn or michael froman? [applause] to share some hanukkah greetings, please get your attention to rabbi abraham shemtov. >> happy hanukkah to all who have braved to come here and participate and the many throughout the world who are listening into the celebration. m -- shemtov and the american friends are doing a great job. as we celebrate the holiday of hanukkah, there are two parts. one part that we are celebrating strengthavery and the by the fewd outnumbered many times. they stood up for what they thatved in and they showed the paternity of our people can never be interrupted. time, there was a miracle in the fact that in as much as they defiled the sanctuary, those who have attempted to destroy it, they left everything defiled. in order to rekindle the menorah, they wanted to have the pure oil that was not touched by them. they sought and they found one jug, one cruse of oil. days, thefor eight time that is required to cleanse themselves and prepare themselves to be able to develop new your oil. jugmira

trade representative michael froman and the ceo of caterpillar and bmw north america. agriculture secretary tom vill sack is our guest this week on "newsmakers." it talks about the farm bill and ongoing negotiations. the house version of the bill calls for $40 billion in cuts to the food stamp program over the next decade and the senate $4 billionld cut by in the same timeframe. watch the full interview with agriculture secretary tom vill sack sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. here on c-span. >> john foster dulles had recently died when the super airport out in chantilly was being built and president eisenhower immediately announced it would be called dulles airport. when kennedy took over, he did not want to name it after a warrior andold finally the decision was made to name it after him. the film clip of kennedy opening the airport with eisenhower there, allen dulles, and he pulls back the curtain and behind it is this giant bust of john foster dulles and it stands in the middle of this big airport. went to see it when i was writing this book and i could not find i

policy this froman has kept happening. do you foresee any possible change on this front? and if you could also say something about nor sharif -- no are sherry -- nawar sharif. he's very close to the saudi's, and there have been more incidents where both iran and pakistan face insurgencies. the rumor is that the saudi's gave the money, and sharif gave them a green light to support these groups. two things -- peace pipeline -- is there a better chance now? and sharif, what do you think that will do for iran-pakistan relations? >> let me just say something to .nswer your question something that started very big and cut here and cut there, and what you have from the peace pipeline is a simplified bottle -- simplified model. the peace pipeline has involved several prime ministers and the president and pakistan. there's a good chance that it would continue, but there is also a good chance that that is what iranian media think at this .oint institutean-based urged sharif to .top the deal the minister of oil of iran came out responding that it really is , andoing to go anywhere t

economy with jason froman. you can see it live starting at 2:30 p.m. eastern on our companion networking, c-span 3. with the war in europe turning hot. when the blitz degree took place. the u.s. was totally unprepared. chief of staff of the army came to president roosevelt and said we can't do things we have done in the past. we have to act now. we have to act precisely and today. roosevelt went to congress the next week and said the u.s. must build 50,000 airplanes to protect i.t. all of the auto companies were given projects to build engine and airplane parts. ford motor company was given the b24 bomber. it was the newest airplane we had. it was still in development stages. and they wanted to mass produce this airplane. so ford said i'm not just going build parts but complete airplane. they took what had been done as individual pieces and took the engineers drawing and designed it to two 10,000 of an inch and massive press knock out thousand of the pieces that go on the assembly line and unskill the assembly workers with a little bit of training coul

of these it is a series of compromises and my encouragement would be, and i will tell you ambassador froman was one of the best in the world in my opinion at this with a tremendous background. i have great trust in him on this that you start with the big chunks of things that make a difference in the whack those off and in the end you make the compromises in the places you have to compromise but you have to be as broad as you can across as many industries is possible to get it done. i know that is exact lee how michael does it but it's hard to say because unless you are in the room negotiating a deal what can you compromise on but compromise on but to me it's a broad answer. as much as we can get broadly agreement the better off we are all going to be and i'm not going to stand and glory caterpillar because i have a long list of things i'd like to get done. he knows what it is. >> i don't know that i have a lot to add to that. i do think in any negotiation you start with how much is at stake and i think a lot is at stake here and i encouragement would be like doug's don't let the 10% of the