Talk Business & Politics Daily Digital: The FBI, Hillary and Sen. Cotton’s view on trade deals

Talk Business & Politics new daily digital newscast – “Talk Business & Politics Daily” – launched Tuesday, July 5 with columnist John Brummett weighing in on the FBI investigation conclusion of Hillary Clinton’s email server as Secretary of State and economist Kathy Deck offering her opinions on the Brexit vote’s impact on Arkansas.

You can watch the full video of Tuesday’s Talk Business & Politics Daily in the video at the end of this report, or download it through the iTunes store under Talk Business & Politics.

Brummett, who writes for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, said the FBI’s determination to not recommend charges against then-Sec. Clinton for her use of a private email server for official state business will not change the narrative in the Presidential race.

“It doesn’t change the narrative much at all,” Brummett said. “She’s not going to go to jail or have the threat of going to jail, she’s going to continue her candidacy.”

Brummett had more thoughts on the trajectory of the Presidential race heading into the upcoming conventions. Watch or listen to more below.

BREXIT
Kathy Deck, director of the University of Arkansas’ Walton College of Business Center for Business and Economic Research, said the U.K.’s recent “Brexit” vote to leave the European Union could factor into the U.S. economy in multiple ways. The biggest economic indicator Deck said she would be watching involves consumer confidence.

“I think that when you look at something like the Brexit, it caused some volatility in the stock market – that makes people worry about their retirement investments,” she said. “When you think about our institutions not being as robust as we thought they were, it makes people a little bit nervous, perhaps willing to save a little bit more of their money and defer major purchases longer than they would have otherwise.”

Watch or listen to more of Deck’s interview below.

TPP/NAFTA
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., who appeared on Sunday’s broadcast edition of Talk Business & Politics, was also on today’s webcast/podcast. Cotton said he disagreed with statements made by Donald Trump on the TransPacific Partnership (TPP) agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

In a speech last week, Trump called the TPP deal “a continuing rape of our country.”

“It’s not the kind of language I would use, and I disagree with it as well,” Cotton said. “I don’t think it’s a clear-cut case though, whether the Congress should ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership. I generally believe that trade with other countries makes us more prosperous at home. It helps create jobs whether, say, it’s the Arkansas agriculture or aviation industries that are shipping goods overseas and helping reduce the price of goods at Walmart and your local grocery store.”

Cotton said he is still evaluating the TPP deal, which he expects will come up for a vote after this year’s Presidential election. He also said that Great Britain should be invited to join NAFTA.