WMAL Interview - LARRY KUDLOW - 01.09.18
INTERVIEW - LARRY KUDLOW - CNBC Senior Contributor and host of The Larry Kudlow Show on WMAL Saturdays at 7 pm and author of "JFK and the Reagan Revolution: A Secret History of American Prosperity" @larrykudlow
• Larry Kudlow @larrykudlow 10h10 hours ago: Autos, farms, energy & consumers would suffer enormously if US pulls out of NAFTA. Stocks would blow-up. Protection is anti- growth. Reciprocity deals always better than tariffs (taxes).
• Trump Tells Farmers He Wants a Better Nafta. President avoids threats of withdrawal from the North American Free Trade Agreement. President Donald Trump told a gathering of farmers Monday that he is seeking a better trade deal with Canada and Mexico that will benefit both the agricultural industry and manufacturing
• TRUMP HOSTS BIPARTISAN IMMIGRATION MEETING - President Donald Trump will meet with a bipartisan group of nearly two dozen lawmakers from both chambers of Congress on immigration this morning at the White House. Both parties, however, are skeptical that Tuesday's talks will yield any significant progress, raising doubts among congressional Republicans and White House officials that a related budget agreement can be reached with Democrats in the next 10 days, Rachael, Seung Min and Bres report.
• Congress has until Jan. 19 to raise spending caps and avert a government shutdown. But a fight over the fate of Dreamers, young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children, has imperiled spending talks. Democrats won't support a long-term spending plan unless Congress agrees to shield hundreds of thousands of Dreamers from deportation.