03/31/17: Trump’s trade agenda
Mar 31, 2017

03/31/17: Trump’s trade agenda

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During his campaign, Trump criticized America's trading relationship with the rest of the world. Now his administration is set to issue two executive orders on trade today. We'll take a look at what the president plans to achieve with these new actions. Next, we'll talk about Amazon's plan to woo big food companies so they can sell their products to them and rely less on grocery chains. And finally, we'll discuss our upcoming series "Robots Ate My Job," which takes a look at how the real competition for our jobs often comes from automation. 

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During his campaign, Trump criticized America’s trading relationship with the rest of the world. Now his administration is set to issue two executive orders on trade today. We’ll take a look at what the president plans to achieve with these new actions. Next, we’ll talk about Amazon’s plan to woo big food companies so they can sell their products to them and rely less on grocery chains. And finally, we’ll discuss our upcoming series “Robots Ate My Job,” which takes a look at how the real competition for our jobs often comes from automation.