Capitol Journal - Trade Protection
Capitol Journal - Trade Protection
Capitol Journal - Trade Protection
Capitol Journal - Trade Protection
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Capitol Journal - Trade Protection
Opens to the comments of an unidentified man on the deficit, Representative RICHARD GEPHARDT at a press conference comments on the U.S. economy, panning shot of American clothing factory where women sit and sew piles of clothes at sewing machines, comments of clothing factory employee on Taiwanese made clothing, comments of another unidentified man on the budget deficit, from tv studio Capital Journal host HODDING CARTER introduces show,
Capitol Journal - Trade Protection
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Capitol Journal - Trade Protection
Shot of Senators arriving in cars and walking into the Capital Building - including GARY HART, Senator ERNEST HOLLINGS criticizes Speaker of the House TIP O'NEILL for not formulating a balanced budget - he compares him to previous Democratic leaders.
Capitol Journal - Trade Protection
Back in studio Carter explains Senate amendment to balance the budget and introduces topic of foreign trade competition
Capitol Journal - Trade Protection
DO NOT USE Excerpts of commercials - Beck's Beer, Nissan Sentra, Miller Beer - "Miller's made the American way", BOB HOPE reveals a "Made in the USA" logo on the inside of his jacket and says "you better believe it matters to me"
Capitol Journal - Trade Protection
Shots of Congress in session, Representative DAN ROSTENKOWSKI expresses the need for trade "barriers",
Capitol Journal - Trade Protection
On screen text lists the economic statistics responsible for protectionist sentiment,
Capitol Journal - Trade Protection
Representative MARTY RUSSO tells the House that the Democrats are taking a cue that the White House has passed up. President RONALD REAGAN in a State of the Union address promotes free trade and criticizes protectionism
Capitol Journal - Trade Protection
Back in studio Carter segues to more footage.
Capitol Journal - Trade Protection
White House representatives including JAMES BAKER meets with representatives of 4 U.S. trade partners in Washington, at a press conference Reagan walks to podium with Vice President GEORGE BUSH and says that he will not allow "unfair trading practices abroad" to adversely impact the American economy, Representative LLOYD BENTSEN says trade negotiations have do be done with substance and not rhetoric, Representative Gephardt speaks at a meeting of the Democratic Leadership Council about international trade, Representative DONALD SUNDQUIST talks about a new trade bill, excerpt from a debate between Representatives Gephardt and JACK KEMP at which Kemp takes jab at Gephardt's protectionist stance.
Capitol Journal - Trade Protection
CHARLES SCHULTZE of the Brookings Institution says the protectionist Democrats are playing politics, PAT CADDELL comments on why the Demcratic party taking the stand its taking, JUDE WANNISKI (?) of the Polyeconomic Institute talks about the Reagan administration's slow response to the foreign trade issue
Capitol Journal - Trade Protection
Back in studio Carter segues segment on a town in Tennessee,
Capitol Journal - Trade Protection
Shots of a factory town - McMinnville, Tennessee - town streets, shots of abandoned textile factories outside of town - exterior shots of building, interior shots of complex and static textile mill machinery, shots of the busy operations of the McMinnville Garment Factory - women sew clothing at machines, men use industrial irons to iron new slacks, comments of JIM RISINGER the plant manager of the McMinnville Garment Factory on foreign competition, Representative JIM COOPER speaks with constituent garment factory employee about foreign competition, Cooper then explains why he's taking his protectionist stance
Capitol Journal - Trade Protection
Segment turns to Nashville, long shot of Nashville looking at city from down a river, shots of the city streets, Tennessee Governor LAMAR ALEXANDER from JFK airport in New York says his state needs to help shoe factory workers to find other sorts of jobs, shots of factory workers welding car frames at a Nissan plant in Tennessee, Governor Alexander says the real problem is the federal deficit, more shots of the Nissan plant's automobile assembly line where workers weld and use other tools to further assemble cars, Nissan Plant worker MELVIN NORWOOD compares American workers to those of other countries and talks about economics, Nissan USA president MARVIN RUNION talks about the correlation between wages and productivity, shots of workers painting cars on the assembly line
Capitol Journal - Trade Protection
More shots of women sewing piles of pants at the McMinnville Garment Factory, Representative Cooper says that he doesn't want American workers to be earning low foreign wages and "eating rice all day" - he goes on to give his trade agenda
Capitol Journal - Trade Protection
Back in studio Carter introduces discussion panel: from the Capital Building (broadcast in the studio on a large screen monitor) Senator WARREN RUDMAN and Senator JAMES SASSER, and in the studio LINDA WERTHEIMER of National Public Radio and Political Analyst KEVIN PHILLIPS - they discuss the balanced budget legislation up for passage in the Congress and protectionist legislation.
Capitol Journal - Trade Protection
Back in studio Carter introduces discussion panel: from the Capital Building (broadcast in the studio on a large screen monitor) Senator WARREN RUDMAN and Senator JAMES SASSER, and in the studio LINDA WERTHEIMER of National Public Radio and Political Analyst KEVIN PHILLIPS - they discuss the balanced budget legislation up for passage in the Congress and protectionist legislation. Carter thanks guests and closes out show.
Capitol Journal - Trade Protection
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