Jay Inslee

And if they can grow bananas in Panama and we can't, then we should be willing to buy bananas, even though we have a trade deficit with them. And to make us pay more for bananas or restrict the ability of our ability to get bananas, in general, doesn't make a lot of sense. So in general, I don't think tariffs make a lot of sense, except

They are useful, obviously, for national security purposes, so you can protect your national security assets. They are useful if you are being abused, for instance, with issues of intellectual property, and there has been some abuse of our intellectual property. So as a mechanism to force compliance with international standards, there's some reason in that regard.

They are useful, obviously, for national security purposes, so you can protect your national security assets. They are useful if you are being abused, for instance, with issues of intellectual property, and there has been some abuse of our intellectual property. So as a mechanism to force compliance with international standards, there's some reason in that regard.

They are useful, obviously, for national security purposes, so you can protect your national security assets. They are useful if you are being abused, for instance, with issues of intellectual property, and there has been some abuse of our intellectual property. So as a mechanism to force compliance with international standards, there's some reason in that regard.

And when we do do them, and if I was going to criticize NAFTA for a moment, I think the pace of change, when you are having new technologies coming on with these huge new technological advances, we should pay more attention to the pace of change. And the pace of change was more disruptive than anyone would want.

And when we do do them, and if I was going to criticize NAFTA for a moment, I think the pace of change, when you are having new technologies coming on with these huge new technological advances, we should pay more attention to the pace of change. And the pace of change was more disruptive than anyone would want.

And when we do do them, and if I was going to criticize NAFTA for a moment, I think the pace of change, when you are having new technologies coming on with these huge new technological advances, we should pay more attention to the pace of change. And the pace of change was more disruptive than anyone would want.

Right. If you're going to run the tape backwards, I would have slowed down the rate of opening up some of these markets that happened in NAFTA because it was just so disruptive to a lot of states in the Midwest. So that would have helped. And to some degree, that did improve in subsequent trade negotiations that subsequent presidents negotiated and now be in.

Right. If you're going to run the tape backwards, I would have slowed down the rate of opening up some of these markets that happened in NAFTA because it was just so disruptive to a lot of states in the Midwest. So that would have helped. And to some degree, that did improve in subsequent trade negotiations that subsequent presidents negotiated and now be in.

Right. If you're going to run the tape backwards, I would have slowed down the rate of opening up some of these markets that happened in NAFTA because it was just so disruptive to a lot of states in the Midwest. So that would have helped. And to some degree, that did improve in subsequent trade negotiations that subsequent presidents negotiated and now be in.

ripped up but the one thing i can tell you now i'm for sure nuance there's no nuance on this the way this guy is going is is cratering the u.s economy and it's interesting to me how even though tariffs and not everybody got a major in economics right so i got around for sit around for four years and argue this issue with professors one way or another Not everybody had that privilege.

ripped up but the one thing i can tell you now i'm for sure nuance there's no nuance on this the way this guy is going is is cratering the u.s economy and it's interesting to me how even though tariffs and not everybody got a major in economics right so i got around for sit around for four years and argue this issue with professors one way or another Not everybody had that privilege.

ripped up but the one thing i can tell you now i'm for sure nuance there's no nuance on this the way this guy is going is is cratering the u.s economy and it's interesting to me how even though tariffs and not everybody got a major in economics right so i got around for sit around for four years and argue this issue with professors one way or another Not everybody had that privilege.

Yet, Americans have a deep understanding that this guy is going to cost them more money for everything they buy practically, including utility bills because he's refusing to let us have access to good, clean solar and wind energy. So Americans get this, and it's the principal reason his numbers are just cratering.

Yet, Americans have a deep understanding that this guy is going to cost them more money for everything they buy practically, including utility bills because he's refusing to let us have access to good, clean solar and wind energy. So Americans get this, and it's the principal reason his numbers are just cratering.

Yet, Americans have a deep understanding that this guy is going to cost them more money for everything they buy practically, including utility bills because he's refusing to let us have access to good, clean solar and wind energy. So Americans get this, and it's the principal reason his numbers are just cratering.

So I'm going to tell you a story that doesn't really match the script, but I'm going to tell you a story because you appreciate campaign stories, right? Oh, yeah.

So I'm going to tell you a story that doesn't really match the script, but I'm going to tell you a story because you appreciate campaign stories, right? Oh, yeah.

So I'm going to tell you a story that doesn't really match the script, but I'm going to tell you a story because you appreciate campaign stories, right? Oh, yeah.

So I'll tell you part of my learning experience. So I went to Hamburg, Iowa. It was my very first event, and we were going to focus on climate change because there had been a horrendous flood.