Here & Now

>> On trade, the politics of trade-- I don't have to tell you-- are increasingly complicated. Donald Trump opposes trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership but so does your opponent. Chambers of Commerce support it as does President Obama. What is your position on this TPP? >> Well first of all I'm actually doing the hard work of reaching out to people who in Wisconsin would be affected by this trade deal. Talking about their very complex businesses. How they'd be affected by a very complex, very large deal. Over 6,000 pages. So I'm actually doing that hard and thoughtful work of getting their input. And listen I'm happy to have a new president negotiate a better deal but it's true. We need to keep overseas markets available for agricultural products in Wisconsin, as well as for manufacturing projects. In Wisconsin our exports equal our imports. So it's extremely important that we don't start engaging in trade wars. And so we definitely need to engage in trade around the world but it has to be fair. And I would agree. We have not, we've not gotten a good deal in a lot of these trade deals. And we're being taken advantage of by different countries. And so we have to really take a look at that but again, I do not want to engage in protectionism. We have to keep those overseas markets open for our customers. And I'll just keep looking at these trade deals until you know up 'til the point it's actually presented on the floor of the Senate for a vote.