Mr de la Madrid wiped the floor with the other 2 presenters .While the latter wandered about uttering vague political speculations de la Madrid was laser focused on showing what a complex issue was at hand.And , furthermore , presented hard evidence what was at stake.
I worked on the original Nafta during the Brian Mulroney years. It is important for all 3 countries and business people know this fact. However politicians play games along populist lines forgetting that trade drives prosperity. But Trump will do whatever and this time around I do not see anyone around him to rein in his worst instincts. That is my worry.
Very interesting. Doug Palmer was a bit of a wet whitewashing rag. Not surprising, as I found Politico's reporting rather slanted in favour of trump and his GOP. Vassy seems to be a cynic about this trump term and I agree with her. I have a long memory about some things, and I'm remembering about how DJT threw Canada under the bus over the Huawei debacle. (I'm also thinking about how weak Trudeau's management of that was, and not impressed with his Team Canada bowing and scraping to trump now). Enrique was impressive. I've always respected people who come to a debate well-prepared. And I agree with him that people like Doug Ford who propose we leave Mexico out of our negotiation with the US are wrong. The US is powerful, and in my opinion, our own strength is fortified by our alliances.
The AI transcript is pretty good although someone might want to train it on how to spell Poilievre as there are 3 different attempts at it: Polyev, Poiltiev, Paliyev. I mean, not even close and there were several other names that are just as unusual that it did a good job on (the Concertist Party might even fund the training set).
China has already built a new port on the Gulf coast of Mexico and they control access to this port. This gives them a place to bring in whatever they want, with no oversight, though I am sure that US intelligence is monitoring any activity there. The Mexican rep is never going to acknowledge this. 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🇲🇽
Mr de la Madrid wiped the floor with the other 2 presenters .While the latter wandered about uttering vague political speculations de la Madrid was laser focused on showing what a complex issue was at hand.And , furthermore , presented hard evidence what was at stake.
I know! Now I kind of want to move to Mexico… joking of course, I’m firmly rooted in NS.
I worked on the original Nafta during the Brian Mulroney years. It is important for all 3 countries and business people know this fact. However politicians play games along populist lines forgetting that trade drives prosperity. But Trump will do whatever and this time around I do not see anyone around him to rein in his worst instincts. That is my worry.
Well done.. thankyou Paul!!
A good one, thanks.
This was the quickest 40 minute podcast *ever*! Thanks.
Very interesting. Doug Palmer was a bit of a wet whitewashing rag. Not surprising, as I found Politico's reporting rather slanted in favour of trump and his GOP. Vassy seems to be a cynic about this trump term and I agree with her. I have a long memory about some things, and I'm remembering about how DJT threw Canada under the bus over the Huawei debacle. (I'm also thinking about how weak Trudeau's management of that was, and not impressed with his Team Canada bowing and scraping to trump now). Enrique was impressive. I've always respected people who come to a debate well-prepared. And I agree with him that people like Doug Ford who propose we leave Mexico out of our negotiation with the US are wrong. The US is powerful, and in my opinion, our own strength is fortified by our alliances.
I feel your take on the situation is probably the most accurate, but now we wait and see.
The AI transcript is pretty good although someone might want to train it on how to spell Poilievre as there are 3 different attempts at it: Polyev, Poiltiev, Paliyev. I mean, not even close and there were several other names that are just as unusual that it did a good job on (the Concertist Party might even fund the training set).
China has already built a new port on the Gulf coast of Mexico and they control access to this port. This gives them a place to bring in whatever they want, with no oversight, though I am sure that US intelligence is monitoring any activity there. The Mexican rep is never going to acknowledge this. 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🇲🇽
Enrique de la Madrid is the son of former PRI Mexican, Miguel de la Madrid (1982-88).
Timely, yes. Thoughtful most assuredly. Thank you Paul for this yoga stretch for my tightly wired brain.