Internal Deputy Service IRS tax news, understanding taxpayer rights, the right to be informed. But first, an attempt at a joke, I apologize in advance. During an IRS audit, the IRS agent said that I was anti-social. I told him I'm not anti-social. I don't have anything against IRS agents social. As long as he leaves me alone. IRS tax tip 2022-34 March 3rd 2022. Taxpayers have the right to know what they need to do to comply with the tax laws. Not just during filing season, but all year. When something happens to taxpayers' accounts, that taxpayer has the right to be informed about that activity. In fact, this right is one of the 10 outlined in the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. There's a link to the Taxpayer Bill of Rights here. The right to be informed means taxpayers have the right to know what they need to do to comply with tax laws. So this seems obvious, but it's important, of course, because you can imagine situations where you're basically getting in trouble for not complying with a law that you don't know what the law was, and you've got to be able to know what the law was in order to have any kind of chance of being able to comply with it. Have clear explanations of the laws and IRS procedures in all forms, instructions, publications, notices, correspondence. So we've got all the forms, you've got the instructions to the forms. We should be able to know exactly what we're supposed to do in order to be in compliance with the law. Be informed of IRS decisions about their tax accounts. So when the IRS makes a decision about the account, again, you can imagine a situation where they make a decision, they take action, they start charging penalties and interest, for example, that accumulates for five years, and then you finally find out about it. It's like, wait a second, now the penalties and interest have accumulated to massive amounts or something like that. Can't really do that. They got, you know, we need to be informed in order for this whole thing to be fair. Receive clear explanations of the outcomes of IRS decisions. So when an IRS, when the IRS makes a decision, then they need to be able to explain it. They need to be able to explain it within the context of the law so that we should have an objective way of looking at whether or not the IRS is doing the right thing or not, because we're going to be comparing it to the law. Again, you can argue whether or not the law is correct or not. That's a different type of argument, which has different types of remedies. If you think the tax code needs to be changed, for example, but once the law is in place and the IRS, the tool that is implementing the law, then they should be making their implementation, co-op lining or in conjunction with the actual law. So to make sure taxpayers are informed, the IRS will include within certain notices any amount of the tax interest and certain penalties the taxpayer owes. Explain why the taxpayers owes any taxes. So if they're going to send you a letter and say, hey, we think your tax returns messed up and you owe more taxes and we're going to charge you penalties and interest, they should tell you why, right? And again, it seems kind of obvious, but we've all probably been in a situation where you're dealing, especially with a bureaucratic kind of system where they actually, you know, the more bureaucratic something gets, sometimes they actually seem to take pleasure in not telling you why something happened. Well, it's penalties and interest. Why? Because I said so. Well, that's, you know, we need to, you know, that's not very satisfying of an answer, right? They might be right to do the action, but we need to know why the action is going to be done in accordance with the law would make things run a lot more smoothly. Explain why the taxpayer owes any taxes. Explain the specific reasons why it denied a refund claim. Post information on irs.gov to help taxpayers understand their irs notice or letter, send a letter when the agency assesses a tax that letter must include information about how the taxpayer can appeal the decision. So note, even when they send a letter out, they should be saying, hey, look, this is my opinion and the opinion is based on the tax code because we're supposed to have a tax reporting system where we voluntarily report our taxes in accordance with the tax law. And and and if they disagree with what we're reporting, then we should we have the recourse to be able to say, no, we think we're correct. Again, the objective measure, however, of course, is the tax law. So if they're saying my position, your position that you're taking is incorrect, you can imagine a situation where the IRS, the bureaucratic authority could just tell you that, you know, your position is incorrect in not in alignment with the tax law. And you could say, well, you're totally wrong. It is in alignment with the tax law. And they just ignore you, right? A lot of bureaucratic kind of systems do that. It's very frustrating. So you should have a system to be able to have recourse in the event that you say, hey, wait a second, no, you're not in alignment with the tax law here. And and you can appeal basically the decision and and take it take it further. Again, there's a difference with agreeing with the tax law in terms of the law itself and in seeing whether or not the bureaucratic agency, which has the ability to implement the law is is doing so in accordance with the law. So an explanation of the entire process from audit through collection details on how the taxpayer advocate service can help. There's a link to the taxpayer advocate service, send an annual statement to taxpayers who enter into a payment plan. The statement will include how much the taxpayer owes at the beginning of the year, pay during the year still owes at the end of the year, make forms and publications available on irs.gov. Use social media to provide helpful tax information to a wide audience of taxpayers. So there's links to some of that information here. There'll be a link to this in the description.


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What's up Mopar Fam? I hope everybody's having a blessed day out there and I know I scared a few people yesterday with April Fools But guys, you know, I'm not getting rid of frostbite. She's right there. She ain't going nowhere But today we're gonna throw together a little video on the Holley high-ram intake manifold I've had a lot of people message me a lot of people are messaging me on What I had to do to install it What fittings or adapters I needed to install it? So we're gonna go over that real quick although I have changed a lot since we've went to e85 But I'm gonna show you exactly what I did to run the Holley high-ram manifold Before I switched over to the new fuel system. So I'm gonna go over it basically as if you still have a stock Ram fuel system. So we're gonna show you exactly what you need to do. So stay tuned. Here we go All right guys, so let's go over this intake manifold installation real quick What you need and it's really not a whole lot You only need a few things to make it work other than that it bolts right on So we're gonna go over it real quick and don't mind poor frostbite The pollen season has hit us over here at Georgia and the truck is absolutely nasty So tomorrow we're gonna be doing a lot of cleaning on frostbite I'm gonna try to clean it up because I got a pretty cool video that I'm gonna be working on tomorrow going over all the new fuel system and Lots of other things so stay tuned for that video. But anyway, here we go. Here is the Holley high-ram manifold right here and Like I said, it fits in the truck Very well You have plenty of clearance Between the firewall and the top of the intake manifold If I had to guess you're probably looking at I Want to say there's probably about a good inch of clearance up there You know not a lot But it definitely clears and it fits in the RAM truck very well Now the other thing that you will need to make this manifold work is gonna be a throttle body Spacer slash adapter And That is so that your your stock Throttle body can mount to the upper portion of the Holley high-ram or if you have a larger throttle body They also make a spacer for that that also fits like say the Hellcat throttle bodies now I still run the bone stock factory throttle body. I have not upgraded that the throttle body works perfect for my application and We have a video. We're gonna be talking about throttle bodies here pretty soon, but anyway You will need an adapter to mount your throttle body to the manifold now that is an additional part You will have to purchase so here is a part number From Holley that will get your throttle body mounted to the Holley high-ram All right, so for the back driver side of the intake manifold for the Holley fuel rails It also comes included with the Holley high-ram. You're gonna need a special fitting and that is this guy right here and This is so that your stock fuel line can adapt and plug on to this fuel fitting from Urals and your stock fuel line will plug right on to here just like stock clips in and Everything for the factory fuel line will be basically be retained it plugs right on here and works very well So the part number and the link to get this guy is right here So that will let you hook up your fuel system And get you going. All right, so the very next thing you're gonna need is the crossover hose Which is gonna go from the driver side and the passenger side Fuel rail basically that just ties the two fuel rails together Just like the factory ones did where it kind of went over the top of the manifold toward you know in the middle They went over it had a rubber line that went over this new braided line is gonna take the place of that and tie in both fuel rails So the part number to this guy is right here and Then the only other thing you're gonna need to be able to mount that to the fuel rail is These fittings that also thread into the fuel rails You're gonna need two of these and the part number to those are right here now the very last fitting you're gonna need is gonna go on the passenger side fuel rail and It is gonna go on the very Back corner of the passenger side fuel rail and that is gonna be a plug Basically what you're doing is you're just plugging the rear portion of the fuel rail So you don't get a leak obviously you got to seal it up So you're gonna have a plug on the passenger rear corner and I'm sorry for all the noise guys. My wife is actually in the backyard cutting the grass. So we have the mower going Dogs barking all kind of stuff going on over here. So hopefully you guys can hear me and it's not too annoying But that's pretty much it that is all you have to do and purchase To make the Holley high-ram manifold fit on the RAM truck The other stuff you're gonna need is and it's also Mentioned in the instructions from Holley. You have to do something with the breather system So on the Holley high-ram right there. You can kind of see that little filter That's a breather filter. That is what I'm using on my Holley high-ram There's a threaded tapped hole right there for the breather system And I threaded in a fitting and I'm just running an open breather inventing it to atmosphere Also on this side by the oil cap There is another and you're not gonna be able to see it But it's kind of back behind the oil cap on the backside of the intake manifold. There's also another threaded Hole right there that is for the breather system as well. I have mine plugged So if you wanted to copy kind of what I did That is how I did the breather system on frostbite now in the Holley high-ram instructions They go over an actual like PVC valve you can purchase They explain how to run the lines and everything if you want to do it I would say more of a A mission-friendly kind of option So if you're worried about something like that They go over exactly what you can do to make that work You can also run a catch can and plum it similar to The instructions that Holley supplies I'm not running a catch can again I'm just venting it straight to atmosphere with that little breather filter right now and it seems to be working I haven't really had any oil come up to the filter I did have on One pass where we ran the truck pretty hard back to back making multiple passes I did have one incident where I had a little oil come up to it But I think what I'm gonna do is just raise it up a little higher. That is one thing Holley also Suggests is it needs to the breather system needs to be up about four inches and obviously I'm a little bit lower than that So I'm probably just gonna raise my filter up a little bit just to keep that from happening again But no big deal and again, there's plenty of ways you can do this This is how I did mine.  You're gonna mount on the lower section first Using these studs and the nuts that they supply you with Holley After you mount that down torque everything down then you're gonna put the lid on and They give you the hardware for that as well And it it mounts right up pretty easy and then again You're on bolt your throttle body up to the adapter that you need now for intake plumbing that is that is going to be specifically Up to you and your application Obviously, I'm running the Torx storm supercharger and I have an intercooler So I have my custom intercooler pipes and everything that I had to do to run it to the front of the Holley Hiram and run to my intake or and Adapt to my throttle body now give or take if you're running the stock 5-7 manifold or say the 6-4 manifold That is you know, you're gonna have to figure out that part with Intake tubing and all of that stuff to make it work not a big deal But you're gonna probably need a couple different pipes and different bends maybe a couple rubber boots or 90s or 45s or something but Again every truck gonna be different so I can't exactly tell you what you're gonna need For that application, but this is a general idea of exactly how it's working on frostbite right now and I've had no issues with it, and I absolutely love this manifold the manifold woke Frostbite up tremendously I especially being boosted the manifold definitely has my vote Definitely feel it makes a huge difference I really feel like this manifold would be fantastic for nitrous guys And I really think it'll be a fantastic manifold for a fully Bolted on and serious in a build. I still think this manifold would work very well with in a For an all-out in a screamer. I I really do. I think the intake manifold would work pretty well All in all though, that's it. I hope it helps you out give you guys. It's been asking me questions An idea of what you're gonna need to do and again, it's it's not a whole lot Pretty easy thing. It was probably the easiest thing. I've put on frostbite to date Very simple. All right guys, that's gonna do it for today. Like I said, I got a pretty cool video We're gonna be working on tomorrow with frostbite and project storm. We're gonna take both trucks out to a spot Clifford's not going Clifford's not going cuz Clifford's still on the ramps, but anyway, we're gonna take the trucks out. We're gonna get some cool video shots we're gonna play with the drone a little bit and Put together a pretty cool video going over all the new stuff on Frostbite with the fuel system and all the new tuning from FRP. So definitely stay tuned I'm gonna get back to work here. I'm gonna probably help this Ding dong over here with project Clifford here. We're almost done with that. We got the transmission in Everything's pretty much bolted back up. We just got to get a few things tidied up and Hopefully I'll be able to go do a burn out and some donuts in the Dakota. So stay tuned As always guys, no, you're not. I'm doing the burnouts first. So stay tuned guys. We'll see you on the next one. Peace


federal deals that benefit individual countries, 24%, 26%, and then greater cooperation, but only bilaterally, 21%, and less cooperation, it's a zero-sum gain, 10%. Very interesting. All right, well, thank you, all of you.  So Cecilia, let's go to you first. So what's your definition? How do you characterize the global trade environment today? And where do you see it heading? And do you agree with the polling results here? Well, they were kind of contradictory, you know, at least the second question. Well, I think we have two trends in the global trading system. On the one hand, we do have threats. We have increased protectionism. We have the threat of trade wars between at least two big countries. We have countries who are acting on their own, disregarding global rules, and undermining the global trading system as it is defined. We have, and I'm sure Roberto will talk more about that, we have a profound crisis in the WHO, the multilateral trading system, that has served us so well, and still serves us well. It's a crisis, but I think it can be mended. So that is on the negative side. On the other hand, we have a sort of contrary reaction to that, which I think was partly expressed in the poll, because also a lot of countries saying that, well, trade is actually a good thing. Trade wars are not good. They are not easy to win. And trade can be mutually beneficial. So let's do good trade. And that's what we see, that the world is sort of engaging more and more in regional and bilateral trade agreements. We saw the TPP countries after the US withdraw, that they went ahead. And then there is also a lot of trade agreements between other countries as well, from the European Union side. We have an extremely ambitious trade agenda. We have agreements with Canada. We, the Japan Agreement is entering into force next week, which is the biggest trade agreement ever made between two partners. We have trade agreements done, and soon to be voted in parliament with Mexico, with Singapore, with Vietnam. We are negotiating with Mercuzur, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Tunisia, and a few others. And that's really good because, and we do that in a mutually beneficial, sustainable, open, transparent way. And we've also tried to engage very much, and I guess we'll come to this later in the debate, with the citizens to make sure that we also have the trust that is and was not there, making them more transparent, making them also inclusive when it comes to listen to advice of different stakeholders, not only business, business of course, making sure that they include chapters on sustainable development and reference to international conventions and so on. And so that's a positive trend. And with all these countries, we're also working to reform, strengthen, and modernize the WHO. So in other words, you see that as was the response in the first poll, that multilateralism is still very important in this arena, but as was indicated in the second poll, that also, that there are other avenues, be it regional associations, as well as bilateral deals. But they don't have to be in contradiction. You can be a profound believer in the multilateral system. And then, because it's not enough, you will do bilateral or regional agreements, but found it in the multilateral rules system. So that's not a contradiction. The contradiction was the last question that, well, basically it's not a good thing. We should only see what's good for us. But there are different trends here. All right. Mingpo, let's go to you. Let's get your reaction to the poll results. How did you see it? And also, I wanna get in the mix another question. You know that you have a number of economies that are refocusing to become more national. And as they become more national, what is the impact of that on businesses, basically? Can interests converge with greater openness and transparency still, even as they become more national? But first, give us your reaction to the poll results. Yeah, I'm not surprised that, because there is the reality, political reality and business reality. Actually, I'm the open up policy. China, I'm one of the typical globalization of products because I was born in a very small town in China. And I come to France 30 years ago and I founded Catholic Capital 12 years ago and I live in New York. So what I see in the ground, the political reality and the business reality is different because the company, the entrepreneurs should be global. It's by natural because your consumers are global and your competitors are international. So I'm not surprised that people still believe the globalization is still the way and to collaborate. Sometimes people think the globalization and the global partnership, it is a zero sum game. But it could be a win-win situation. I'm an investor crossing China, Europe and the US. I think I'm the only Chinese who speak English with such strong French accent. I only invested into a series, you know, in your pocket, all the Euro banknotes. The technology of onogram come from series. They want to go to Chinese market, since no. But since we become shareholders, I can tell you in a pocket, all the Chinese passport, they are the technology of onogram come from series, a French SME company. We are short of ecosystems. It is a leaf disease, diagnostic machine. They want to go to China, but we are short of million. We own about 300 clinics in China. And immediately we use this same technology, French company for Chinese population. And some, in the same way, Chinese company Cabille, they are in an infant pod additive. They just acquire a company to better serve the local market in Australia. You know, those kind of examples, we can see if sometimes you need to set up a local factory in China or somewhere else. It's not necessary to show it your domestic jobs. Sometimes it creates the anti-jobs. So in a young generation of entrepreneurs, in particular in the innovation space, by construction, they are already international, global. And in their mindset, they are obsession how to satisfy the unfulfilled demand, where it is consumers, where it's competitors. The collaboration is really not a zero sum game. So you would say that even though there is this, if one uses the term, a kind of greater emphasis on nationalism in some quarters, that nevertheless, that there are these interests that converge and there is this kind of inclusivity and openness. That's what I hear you say. Exactly, exactly. All right. Roberto, the WTO is very much at the center of this game. And tell us, I mean, your views on where is the WTO headed? How are you addressing these challenges? You've had challenges certainly in the past at times with rules and countries abiding by rules, but going forward, what are the challenges that you're seeing? Well, I believe, first of all, that the challenges are bigger than ever before. I mean, let alone the WTO, if you think about the multilateral trading system, which was created after the Second World War, 1947, until today, we never had challenges this big. I mean, the challenges to the system are really fundamental. In my view, and I would agree entirely with the first question response about is multilateralism viable? I think it is. I absolutely believe it is. We're working to make it even more viable. Now, I don't think that a stagnant multilateral system is viable. It has to evolve. It has to be transforming itself. It has to be changing, adapting, responding to the global reality, to a world that is changing faster than it ever did before. Now, that was not happening. That clearly was not happening. We managed to deliver some pretty important outcomes recently, the Trade Facilitation Agreement, the Information Technology Agreement. We eliminated agricultural and export subsidies. Those are unprecedented agreements. But that's, although they're good, they're big, they're important, they're not enough. It's unacceptable that an organization like the WTO in 2018 was not talking about electronic commerce, was not talking about the digital economy. It's unacceptable. It's the core of global evolution today. So that's why the reform conversation began. And I think the G20 leaders in Buenos Aires made this point. The system is important. It is important to create jobs. It is important to create economic growth. But it needs to be updated. It needs to be modernized. And I think that's the challenge that we have now. Is that your biggest challenge that you would define as that updating? Is that what I'm hearing? I think either the system is updated or it will either lose relevance or disappear. It will be supplanted by other mechanisms that will come up. And that, I think, is a challenge for the global community. This is not a challenge for the WTO. The WTO and the global trading system is out of the picture. We're in for the dark ages. I guarantee you that. And I think it's a challenge not for us, not for the WTO. It's a challenge for the whole global economic community. Let me ask you one more. What's the best way forward to achieve that? I think it's to engage, is to give solutions, is to try to do something. And frankly, I have a lot of people here from the private sector. It is not enough to cross your fingers and hope that things will work out for the best. No, you have to participate in this conversation. You have to figure out what is happening in Geneva. And there is a lot happening in Geneva right now that affects you and which are the outcomes that you want to see from this conversation. Talk to your governments. Talk to other companies. Talk to companies from other countries, not only the ones that you agree automatically with, but talk to your competitors. Talk to people who are not your automatic, you know, people who think alike you, but who also want to have positive results that give clarity and predictability to the trading system. Christian, let's come to you. What's the impact here on the business community? You sit where you sit in terms of the flow of global trade, in terms of where it's headed and what the challenges that have been before trade. How does that impact business? What are your concerns these days? It's impacting business significantly. But before I come to that, I would like to go back to the first question, because on the one hand, I'm really glad about a 100%. The 100% is always a bit awkward, right? So the key issue I see with the 100% is if you ask the same question in the normal population, you wouldn't get 100%. And that's to your point. We have to far better bring our messages while global trade is important to the people who don't understand why it is important. We don't have yet, I don't know, how this question would turn out if you asked the population in the street. But I guarantee you, it would be less than 80%. It would be less than 70%. And I think our job is not only to update the system, but also to explain the people what the advantage of global trade is. Because we have, in my view, not a trade crisis. We can fix that. But we have a confidence crisis in the global trade and people feel disadvantaged because of that. And hence, I think that is really key to learn from this question in this room. Everybody understands this. Everybody is well educated, a lot of private sector people. But we get the backing of the people in the society. Now, on the business, to be honest, we notice that. If you are the leading bank in Germany, 80% of the revenues of the DAX30 companies is generated outside Germany. They depend on global trade. And we see that there are certain sectors, and not only in those sectors which are always mentioned, be it the automotive or automotive supplier sector, there are certain declines. That is one issue, which is certainly already playing in. And we have seen it in the second half of 2018. And that is also one of the reasons why we have seen a little bit of the uncertainty in the capital markets in October, November, and December. People are waiting and seeing. The real problem about this whole question is that the kind of the perception of the problem, and that means the confidence is losing, and that means that a lot of business leaders are now reevaluating their investments going forward. And that means they also delay investments. They are stopping investments. They wait for political solutions. And that is actually something which you don't yet see in the numbers, but which you will see. And hence, I think, updating the system, coming to agreements, doing the mixture of multinational agreements, but also bilateral agreements is so important to reinstall confidence. Because if the confidence is gone, then honestly, I would say we are heading to the title of the session, that global trade is at a tipping point. Last but not least, but let's also not leave Davos, because I think last year at this point in time, people were almost too bullish about 2018. Now when I talk to people, in my view, they are almost too cautious about 2019. The fundamentals of the corporates and the fundamentals of the economy is still good. We have to use this momentum in order to now, exactly what you were saying, updating the system. We have to engage. And then I think, honestly, we have a fair chance to farewell. Are there opportunities for business, then, in this environment? That's what I'm hearing you say. Yes, there are. And actually, it is exactly the opportunities which we heard before. We need to think about certain bilateral agreements. We should not, obviously, stop thinking about multinational agreements. But as long as we step into these discussions, as long as we can make and convince the people what the advantages of global trade, honestly, then I don't think that it will decline, then we have a chance to do additional business. All right, great. And David, same question. The impact on business. And let me also give you the opportunity also to respond to the poll. Everyone here has done so. But what do you see as the opportunities for business and the impact on business as a result of where global trade is at this point in time? All right, well, first good morning, everyone. And I always like this format because I feel like I need to be rotating around in order to see everyone. But a lot of familiar faces in the room. So since I saw the question, I assumed at least 90% were going to be in favor of multilateral trading because just knowing the people in this room. And then I see one of the big proponents right to my left here, Ambassador Stu Eisenstadt. And I know how he feels about trade, but many of the other people in this room. And the thing that I've noticed about the last few days here is you can get in these rooms and you can talk about these challenges and they can start to build upon itself and it gets bigger and it gets bigger and it gets bigger. And so it starts to get cloudy and then you go outside and the sun's shining. And that's the way I feel about the situation. Now there's a lot of progress that's been made. Are there headwinds? Absolutely, there are headwinds. But this morning before we came in here, we were talking among the speakers and I recognize Commissioner Mausram as a trade superstar this year for these deals that she's been able to negotiate. And you think about prior years and look at the number of deals that either have been ratified or the one that's been ratified next week with Japan or the others. There's a lot of good news there with NAFTA there was some apprehension. There was some concern, right? If NAFTA had been terminated, it would have had a big, big effect. There was no doubt about that. But we did reach an agreement and I believe that this agreement can get ratified throughout the three countries. That's another step. Would we have liked for it to be in less pain? Absolutely, you know. But we've got the agreement or should have the agreement once against ratified. So there again is another. So not in denial, but when I talk to it, we connect millions of businesses throughout the world, right? And when I'm talking to these CEOs, including this week, there's a lot of them that see opportunities. Now they're worried about headwinds with the US China. They're worried about headwinds with Brexit. But there's so many opportunities and the reason I think there's so many opportunities is e-commerce. E-commerce is growing tremendously. E-commerce is gonna find a way to connect the world whether we get these trade agreements right or not. I mean, it's just, it's an overwhelming force that's going to continue. Now we can help that a lot with these different agreements. I couldn't have been in any more agreement with what you said that we've got to have a global e-commerce agreement. Now along the lines of the trade facilitation agreement, which I told you last year, I thought that you were the trade superstar last year because get that trade facilitation agreement was so important. It's a good start. And now we need to get this next one and to hear you say it right off the bat, I'm wanting to clap for you because it's just so important to the world. But we've got to get past some of these headwinds, but I'm telling you, there's still lots of opportunities out there. But it's going to happen. The e-commerce is here. Actually, this is one of the good news with WTO because the huge frustration that e-commerce is not on the agenda led to some countries coming together and saying, okay, let's see if we can move forward on a plurilateral, full agreement with WTO rules and transparency and openness and come together. And that work has been led by Australia, Singapore and Japan. And tomorrow there will be a decision by 66 countries to launch these negotiations. And these are rich and poor, a variety of countries. And we hope that others will join. And that would be a plurilateral. And the first negotiation round is already scheduled for March. So it is happening. And that is good news. It shows that it's still live in the multilateral system, even if this is a little sidestep. And there are other discussions ongoing as well. So, Christine, it might happen.  You want to jump in on this particular point? No, I'm not shaking. No, no, no.  No, I'm completely in agreement. I think this is exactly the right point. But if we talk about, I'm a little bit doubtful. If we talk about e-commerce, if we talk about the whole digital world, then you know what? It brings up a completely different topic because, you know, my home country is always criticized for having the biggest account surplus, which is true. And we can honestly, we can attack it. We could do more investments also domestically and we need certain investments domestically. But what nobody is talking about is actually the digital deficit Germany is running with the rest of the world, in particular also with the US. So I think when we talk about trade, when we talk about deficit and surplus and who is wrong and who is right, then let's always also talk about the level playing field and let's include everything. And then I think we also have different numbers because the digital deficit Germany is running compared to the US is 30 billion euros a year, which is huge. If you net this one, actually with our account surplus, we are talking completely different numbers. And that's what I mean. I think we have to engage. We have to make numbers transparent and then come with the politicians and the business leaders to agreement. And then honestly, I think the door is open for the trade. All right, well, thank you for that. Let's go to the audience now and take some questions from our audience. We would welcome it. We have a number of people here who definitely are very immersed in trade. Do I have to call on people? Yes, sir. And do you mind use the mic? And if you'll introduce yourself. Ken Goldman. Thank you. We actually, no one's really talked about, from my perspective, what really gets in the way of trade. And when I think about it, and I'm gonna keep this totally non-political, but when I think about how do you make things equal across equality across the board relative to tariffs and other non-tariff aspects? And has that not been, we can all talk about, which I've all heard it was here say, it's so great to have trade and all this stuff much later on and so forth. But no one's really talked about what really gets in the way of free trade and so forth. And reality is trade has not been equal across the various countries. All right, let's make that premise. All right, let's take that question and then we'll go to you, sir, if you wanna pass the mic behind you. But who would like to take that question on? There are, from our perspective, there are a number of things that can get in the way of trade. I think one clear development in today's world is that if we went back to the fall of the wall, back to 1989, nobody was challenging trade. Nobody was challenging the positive effects of trade in the economy. Today, because of the structural changes that you see, it's in certain economies, in certain countries, you're beginning to see questions about the disruptive effects of trade and a more nationalistic approach. It's not across the board because people confuse things. Sometimes they say, well, there are many nationalist tendencies coming in different countries, et cetera, but their posture regarding trade is different. It's not uniform. If you look at the US, it's one thing. If you look at England, it's another thing. If you look at, I don't know, Mexico, Brazil and other countries, there are different ways that they see trade. What I think we have now is a disconnect between the political cycle and the economic cycle. You have a political cycle of two, three years. For a politician, the disruptive effect of trade, the way that is easier for him to communicate to the voter is to say, I'm stopping imports or I am protecting this sector more than previous governments did. That's an easy fix. You find a foreign problem and you blame it on that. When in fact, the real problem is domestic. The real problem is domestic. Somebody lost his job with trade, fine. Three other people got new jobs because of trade, but they're not concentrated on the net two gains. They're concentrated on the one that lost their job and that's very vocal. So the government has to be undertaking educational programs, skilling programs, training people and frankly, some social security net to help those who are dislocated and then find a position for them somewhere down the road. Now, this is a too complex a conversation for the voter. So it's much easier to say, well, trade is a problem. Let's fix that and that's it. So I think we have to have a stronger and more deeper conversation about the real causes of disruptions and the benefits of trade, which is something that you were saying just a moment ago. We have a duty to inform people about the real benefits and consequences of trade. Mingpo, you wanted to make a comment. And then we have, by the way, we have four other questions from the audience. Go ahead. No, I echo what Christian said. We should really get a right education. Come back to the fundamental common sense. What it means, trade, okay? The trust, even within a country, the trade sometimes is not equal. Look in China, everyone know Alibaba.jt.com. But three years ago, they are Pinduoduo just born from Norway. And today, they are one of the key, second biggest economic platform in China, founded by very young entrepreneurs. They are taking care of the countryside. People, I come from my village. I have eight brothers and sisters. I'm number seven. My brother and sister never use e-commerce before Pinduoduo, because we use, we chat environment, and we put people to purchase together, you know? So even within a country, but globally, I think the trust has come from sincerity. It's a question of surviving because I'm immigration everywhere I go in France, in the US. So my obsession is what you want and what I can contribute or how I can help.  So I think we should come back to maybe some fundamental common sense. I don't know how organization works. But I think the people, if you use the simple term and come back to the human being, heart to heart, I think we can build a relationship as I have built in France because I have French family, China Development Bank, but French Southern Fund, European Investment Fund, all together in the same fund, support Chinese company, French company, US company. Thank you. Just quickly, I know you want to move to the next question, but I do feel like I need to defend trade a little bit. And now has it been equal and has everybody benefited equally? The answer is no. And we've got to, it's one of the discussions of these additional trade agreements and a lot of discussion of how we need to educate and reskill people for 21st century jobs. A lot of the jobs they've gone away were 20th century jobs. But the thing we cannot forget, and I thought that you were getting there too, is there are millions of people that are alive today because of these trade agreements and the progress that we have made since World War II. There are hundreds of millions that are living middle class lives that would not be living those lives without the progress that we have made. So it is not a perfect system. There is no doubt about it. It is so much better than it would have been if we have not done these things. But now let's look at making it even better, right? And I believe that we can. So it's a little quick commercial. Appreciate you letting me take the time to do that. Absolutely. Sir, you have the next question. And I'm gonna suggest that after we hear your question, we also hear the next one, Ambassador Eisenstadt. And then we have two over here. Sir. Hi, I'm Jay from India. I think there's different perspectives. And if I look at the perspective of a citizen of a country, is he more concerned about his ability to earn or is he more concerned about his spending power in terms of less expensive goods and services that may come as a result of trade is one aspect. Second thing is shipping things around the world increases efficiency, but it also harms the environment. So what am I more concerned about as a citizen? And finally, in a trade system, there's always gonna be winners and losers between countries and also within countries. Question is how many of each? And is it actually increasing inequality or decreasing inequality? And if you don't mind, we're gonna get that answer to your question. Can we pass the mic over here to Ambassador Stuart Eisenstadt here? Oh, thank you. I wanna just start with two negatives and then positives playing on what each person has said. On the negative side, the multilateral system suffered a grievous blow when we were never able, after 10 years, to reach a Doha round agreement. It really was the end of the broad 190 country effort. There's simply too many disparate interests to do that. But having said that, that does leave an opening for a whole range of bilateral, plural, agreements that are consistent with WTO rules. And I applaud Commissioner Mousstrom for leading the way. Second negative is when the president says that trade deals are bad, the deficits are negative, imposes unilateral tariffs on our allies as well as our competitors. It sets a very bad environment and reinforces the notion that trade is a zero-sum game and that somehow it's a negative for workers. And that's where I think Mr. Huing is so right that we've got to explain the benefits. But third, and here on the positive, and this is where I would come to Dave Abney, I think that there is a pulling back now from the negativity by the administration. We now have an improved US-South Korea deal. We now have, as Dave Abney said, a NAFTA 2.0 agreement. It won't be easy to get through Congress, but I think we will. There's a pullback from the standoff with the EU on steel and at least the beginning of some effort at a bilateral agreement. And I believe that the pause that President Xi and President Trump put on at the G20 with an agreement by March 1 to try to reach an understanding that with all the differences that exist now, the fact that there's no text exchanged, it's so much in the interest of both sides that I think by March 1 there'll be a modest deal announced. Both sides need it. The President wants it for his reelection. So I think if you talk a lot of the clouds away, and here, Dave, I come back to your more sunshine thing, I think without being unrealistically optimistic that we may see 2019 being a much more favorable trade environment than we've gone through in 2018. David, let's begin with you maybe in responding not only to Ambassador Eisenstadt, but also to our colleague from India, his points, because he responded to you. And I will partially respond back because you have so many parts of your question. I'm not going to remember them all. But let's start with the consumer and what he or she may would expect. And I think the first thing you have to look at is the ability to buy and to purchase goods. And so that's jobs that I'm talking about. And when you look whether it's the United States or anywhere else, but in the US, 95% of the world's consumers are outside of the US. And with e-commerce, it is very possible. And we haven't talked about this yet, but it's extremely important. Small and mid-sized businesses run the economy throughout this world. And now with technology, this digital revolution, there is absolutely an opportunity for these small mid-sized businesses to participate throughout the world. We have to get the agreements and do the things that will help do that. But I think first is being able to look at the opportunities and that creates jobs. And then, yes, people are always gonna be interested in the cost, but I can tell you that when you start putting tariffs on things all across the world, you're not doing anything to reduce cost. I mean, you're really not, right? You're driving costs, and sometimes you're driving costs to the very people that can least afford to pay it. And so we have to be very careful about that side of it, too. So, and we do have to have extensive training programs and making sure that the people have opportunities to participate. But we also, and this would be probably the only critical thing that I will say about trade today is we have to do a much better job of spreading the message of the benefits of trade. There are so many people that can talk about the toxicity of it, right, and all the problems. But there are a lot of benefits. I don't think we've communicated that message as well as we've got to continue to do. All right, I... Can I just make one statement, Chris? Sure, you go ahead and then... I think your second point is a little bit like what we said before, that we have to far better communicate the benefits of trade. I think, in particular, if you talk to young people, trade versus the environmental disadvantages, that's something which we also have to pick up. And I believe if we can cast not only the story, but if we convince the people that trade overall is beneficial for the economy of this world and that overall, on average, people will actually benefit from this. We also need certain agreements that part of this benefit is reinvested into environmental issues so that you connect these two. You cannot drive it separately. And therefore, I think you have a perfect point, but we can even link it to the benefits of trade if some of the benefits is reinvested, and that's what we need to do. I wanted to comment on that as well, because I also meet a lot of young people, and I think this, I mean, if you...  And of course, trade has to play its part on that, and I mean, you see different consumer patterns. In Europe, there is a more focus on local consumption, on certain goods, which can be consumed locally, but obviously others that it can't. But trade can be a part of this. We were quite advanced in agreement on environmental goods within the WTO. That is now paused, but I hope we can relaunch it. And the idea was to facilitate trade in technology that was good for the environment. They would take away tariffs and to facilitate that could be suing systems or cleaning systems or what have you. And we have, from our part, and I know that others have as well, in our trade agreements, quite ambitious, that we want to work to protect the environment, we want to uphold certain international agreements, that we want to make sure that our trade is as green as possible. We have, I mean, from trade agreements comes a lot of other political cooperation, of course, in science to see how we can make transport more environmentally friendly. And that, I think, we have to invest on. But it doesn't mean automatically that trade is bad for the environment. And then just to ambassador Isarstadt, the DOA round failure is, of course, still with us. And when we talk about reforming the WTO, there's a lot to do. There's the process. There's the new issues. There is how we work. There is trust. But we need to see how we can break the deadlock from DOA, the development issues. We need to find a new method to do that. And that is very much part of the discussions on reform that I'm involved in and many other countries as well. We haven't found the way yet. But of course, we need to address new issues, e-commerce. But we cannot forget the old issues, like development issues in the DOA round because that is key to gain the trust of all the members of WTO. Roberto and Mingpo, would you like to also respond to both of these points, please? I think what Ambassador Isarstadt would conclude with is, I would agree with his conclusion that the environment for trade in 2019 is better than in 2018. Many challenges still, but I agree with that overall assessment. But going back to the question from our Indian friend, I think sometimes things catch, they're catchy. For example, say an imported product is damaging to the environment. I don't have any evidence whatsoever in anything in the literature that I read that supports that. Quite the contrary, I've read many, many papers and studies that show that the products that actually find their ways into the trade flows are usually much less harmful to the environment than the ones that are produced locally. Because they have to observe standards, they have to observe standards of the consuming country, of the country that is buying the products, they are usually produced with technology that is more sophisticated to make it into the global market, technology that is less harmful to the environment. So this whole argument that there is an impact on the environment, I stand to be correct, but I haven't seen one single credible study that shows that on how many benefit. I think David made the point that hundreds of millions of people recently have been brought out of poverty because of trade. And we made a study in the WTO recently. What would it mean to the world if all countries brought their tariff levels to the maximum that they have in the WTO? You know what would happen to global growth? It would be reduced by half. Half. Half of global growth would, poof, disappear. So that's the impact that you would have if you don't have trade in the equation. Is it the silver bullet that they solve all the evils? No, of course it does. And it has to be mixed with a bunch of domestic policies that complement that to be supportive of the effects of trade. But clearly, many more people benefit from trade than are harmed by trade. And finally, inequality. I saw a paper recently about inequality. That trade increases inequality. And I asked the economy, I want to read that paper. I'm not an economist. I studied some economy in college. I'm an engineer. I'm pretty good with numbers. I guarantee you that. And I was reading the paper. And the conclusion of the paper was that the industries and the companies that traded, they paid better. So the salaries would go up. But I said, is that bad? That you're raising the income of those? Well, and then the economists were saying, but mathematically, it increases the inequality. And I said, yeah, but is that bad? I asked my question. What happened to the others that are not trade related? Was their salaries going down? They said, no, actually, they're going up too. And I said, why? Because they said, well, because the guys who earn more, they spend more, they create more dynamism in the economy. The other industry is benefit too. Not as much, but they all do. So I said, so let me ask you the question. So the question is, everybody's better off. Yeah, everybody's better off. But mathematically, there's more inequality. Yeah, so trade is bad. I mean, really, I think that's the kind of thing that we don't have really to look into these things in a more critical way. Any perception are right and a certain reason. So our work, the trading, I give you what you need. You give what I need.  I make you better, you make me better.  My glass of water, we mix together. I serve you exactly the same quantity of water, but it's no longer the same. In yours, they are mine. In mine, they are yours. Common interest. We have to explain to the population, trade is good, but how to do it? We have to probably make an emotion because the political reality and business reality, there is a gap. And we have to bridge it. Through my personal example, I got together Chinese Southern Fund, French Southern Fund, European Institution, families, over sectors, almost one third of the French government are my European. When they come to my investor meetings in China with the ambiance, people gather together. They just forget, you are Chinese, you are French. Let me show you one anecdote. When I started my business in France, I sell granite before business, private equity. I founded the granite business selling tombstone. I travel in every small town in France. Marc-Brie in France, they never seen any Chinese. But I prohibit my salesman pronounce continent, pronounce shipping, all those vocabulary. But just to show we do what we say, we are sincere, we bring something new. I can tell you, we transform the industry. And no one still consider me in France as Chinese. Thank you. We're gonna get three questions and we have to close with these three. You have a question, you have a question, sir, and she has a question. Please introduce yourself. Thank you, Nelson Cunningham with the Piquarty Associates in Washington. I wanted to ask a question about the elephant missing from the room. And I mean that both as a tired metaphor and also maybe as a partisan descriptor. With the cancellation of the US government's delegation here, Ambassador Lighthizer will not be joining you for the trade ministerial that typically occurs on the margins of Davos. I wanted to ask both Director General Acevedo and Commissioner Malstrom what the impact is of the absence of the elephant on your meetings this weekend. We'll come to that and that's directed to both of you, sir. And if you'll introduce yourself. Hi, it's Sean Don and I write about trade for Bloomberg News. I just wanted to go back to the digital world a little bit and any commerce and so on. These talks, as you said, Roberto, are coming maybe a few years later than they should have. I just wonder how worried you are about the world of digital protectionism. We talk about protectionism in terms of tariffs in the world today. We don't talk about so much digital services taxes or the Great Firewall of China as a big protectionist barrier. And secondly, how worried are you about the digital world kind of cleaving into different spheres of influence? Certainly China has, the digital world is operated behind a closed wall for many years and that has led to the rise of Alibaba and so on. Okay. And then over here. Heather Long from The Washington Post. I wanted to ask the commissioner, Malstrom, how confident you are that the EU can avoid auto tariffs. You know that I've heard a lot of sentiment this morning that 2019 is going to be better than 2018 for trade but that auto tariff report is due in a month and we'll see what happens. In fact, when she arrived, she's been asked that question several times and I've been standing near her. Why don't we begin with you? Yes, that question and Brexit is the most frequent questions I get. But we didn't talk about Brexit, that is good. Auto tariffs and a light, well, we don't know. We're following this very closely. We have made our position perfectly clear from the European Union side. The European car business has made their opinion perfectly clear and I understand the American car business as well. They don't want these tariffs because they are wrong in substance and they will be bad for our economy and for the US economy and they're wrong in form. They will be if they are imposed on us, they will be so under section 232 which is national security. So that is implying that the European Union is a national security threat to the European Union. We can never accept that. We are friends and allies and we are not a national security threat. So we hope that this will not happen in the agreement signed by President Juncker, President Trump from July this summer. We tried to find common ground where we're advancing. We have made some very important progress there and there's a process that is positive, I think. And it said also that we would not impose tariffs on each other on this. If that is violated by the US, we will have to respond. I don't want to do that, but we will have to do that. But we are confident that we will not be touched upon this. Ambassador Sleitizer absence is unfortunate. I mean, it's all related to this shutdown business and so on. Of course, there will be someone representing the US there. I think the Geneva ambassador from the WTO. The discussion tomorrow among the trade ministers will focus on the reform of WTO and one of the key issues there is the appellate body crisis. The appellate body, which is there as a second level to enforce the rules, which is key to all of us. It's important for the US. It's important for us and a number of other members. And the US is blocking the appointment of the arbitrators there. This is one of the key issues where the whole membership wants to solve it. We have made some proposals and the US is still blocking. So the absence of a political level is, of course, unfortunate, but there will be someone there from the US. So we need to break that down. Roberto, I think also the question posed by Sean was directed to you. Yeah, there were a couple. There was a question about the elephant. Yes, the elephant as well. And just the other day, somebody asked me, what about the elephant? And I said, looking trade, we have a herd of elephants. Exactly. You have to be more specific about which elephant you're talking about. But anyway, I think it's a pity they're not here. But particularly because Davos offers also a possibility of many informal contacts and conversations by at the margins of the meetings. And those often are more productive and important than the meetings themselves. But like Cecilia said, there will be somebody here making the case for the US. So I don't suppose that we're going to hear something earth shattering in the meeting, unfortunately, maybe. But it's natural that they're not here. They're not here because they don't like trade. And they're not here because they don't like the meeting. They're not here because they cannot be here for whatever reasons. I suppose to come. It's unfortunate, but it's not going to be catastrophic, I would say. On the question about digital protectionism, I think as the digital economy grows, you'll see that happening. I mean, when it's below the radar, governments don't take the time or they don't bother to regulate too much or to see that, for example, as a source of revenue. Now, as it begins to boom, as it begins to be the bigger portion, maybe soon, of what we do and what we buy and sell in the real economy, I mean, those things are going to come up. It's inevitable that they're going to come up. Now, we have to make sure that they come up in a reasonable manner, in a manner that does not impede development, growth, job creation, and it will not stifle development and economic growth. How do we do that? I don't know. That's something that we need to talk about. This is what we're trying to talk about, particularly in terms of trading the WTO. As to your second question, frankly, I didn't hear it too well. I didn't understand. If you could repeat that. Yeah. Are we already seeing the digital world cleave into different spheres of influence? China is operating behind the Great Firewall. The EU has GDPR, which is very advantageous. There will be different models, and there will be different concepts of doing digital business. And that's natural. That's OK. What we have to do is to ensure that for the future, those different models, they don't conflict in a way that avoids cooperation, that avoids synergies between the different models. And each one is going to try to make that their models are the ones that prevail. That happens in every industry. Remember, the automobile industry is the same. The bumper in one country has a particular specification that bumper, that's the way the world is. That's reality, I think. And as the digital economy continues to grow, you'll see more and more of that. We have two minutes before we wrap. And I was going to just go around with each of you one very brief question. And that is, we're reassembled next year. So one year from today. It's the same group. We're here and with the same audience. What's the one change, the one wish that you have that you obtain between now and next year? Well, I would say concrete, substantive progress in the WTO reform. OK. Trust. You have to bring trust. That's good. Right. We have to far better explain to the public the benefits of trade. Right. You certainly got that point across today, David. I would like to see this e-commerce agreement through the WTO process, like the trade facilitation. It's just so important that the world is changing so much from an e-commerce standpoint. Getting that agreement, I think, would answer some of the questions about the WTO process. I just think it would prove very relevant. And Roberto. I want to see their wishes realized. Great ending. First, thank you. What a distinguished panel. Thank you so much. And thanks to the audience for your participation. Thank you. Thank you.


America Ferrera is making her feature film directorial debut with I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter on Netflix. Yes, she has directed in the past. I've talked about her directing Henthified on Netflix before. And now she's going to be doing a whole film. It's based off of a book, which I'll tell you a little bit about later. But they've recently announced that they started casting for Julia, which is the main character. She's a teenager in the book.  Or if you have already been acting, I'm going to tell you what I've been doing because I would love to audition for this film. First is that you should go and follow America Ferrera on Instagram and Atomic Honey casting. That's where I heard the information first. So America Ferrera did a little video. She was super excited about announcing that they're starting to look for Julia. For the Netflix feature film based on the New York Times bestselling novel. We're looking for you, Julia. Swipe to see details. If you have an IMDbPro account, you can follow films because now there is an IMDb page for this film. And you can look at the filmmakers that cast the crew. So you can see, oh, they already cast for Julia. So you want to follow them on IMDbPro so you can get updates on what's going on with the film and where they're at. Third is that you should read the book. Anybody can enjoy this book.  It made me miss my culture. It made me appreciate my culture. It made me want to go and make tortillas from scratch and just talk to my family and connect more. It just made me feel really nostalgic and sad that I don't have those things in my life today. I don't want to get emotional. Just because we grow up and we move out and we don't have like that culture immediately available every single day. Like it's my job now to hold on to that culture because I just I'm not around it every day. But why am I already going to start crying? Get yourself familiar with the characters. See who you could realistically portray or who you would like to portray and just take notes. So when the casting comes out, you're like, oh, yes, I already have this vision for this person. So let me audition for them. And you're going to be such a better actor because of it because you're going to know what's going on in the story. So your audition is going to have, you know, more life in it because you know more about it. So this book is I am not your perfect Mexican daughter by Erika Elizanchez. You can get this book at bookstores.da today or you can order it on Amazon and get it this weekend. Or if you want to save some money, you can go to your library because they very likely have it at your library. But I definitely recommend you reading this right now. They are casting for Julia, but be prepared for other roles just in case you don't audition for Julia. Based off of the comments that I saw on Instagram on atomic honey's page, they are still accepting submissions for Julia. So you just email them and they'll email you back the instructions to do a self tape, figure out your self tape audition setup. You don't need all of these papers and lights and stuff. I just like it.  So I just like to do it. But at the very least, please get yourself a tripod because that's going to make your life so much easier so that you can film your auditions. But I also have a bunch of videos on self tape auditions because my channel is all about acting. I'll leave some of the links in the description. If you guys have any other questions, let me know and I'll comment the video that I think is right for you, depending on your questions. But if you've never done a self tape audition before, at least get a tripod and figure out where in your home you can film the self tape audition that you will have good natural lighting and it'll be quiet, not too echoey. You should already know if you're an actor, but if you're not incredibly good at memorizing, you should get good at memorizing. So once the time comes where they do open castings for whatever character you're interested in, you can focus on acting and having fun and filming that self tape audition versus being like, oh my god, I'm so stressed out. I really want to be off book so I can look professional and amazing and act my best in this. Yeah, you can just focus on, oh, I got to memorize these three pages, no problem, because I've been practicing and now I can just send in a great audition. You really don't have to do this, but I think it's fun and I have done this in the past for other characters and maybe, maybe I'll do it for this, maybe I'll do it for this one. After you read the book, choose a scene or a monologue or something and then perform it and post it online and tag America Ferreira, tag Erika y le Sánchez, just tag the people that are involved and see what happens. Also, just to practice and share it doesn't hurt, you know, you're posting it on social media. Do it. Doesn't that sound like fun? I did one for my dream role is Kelly Kapoor from the office, but what did I name her? Kimberly Camacho. I did like a version of some of the scenes, so that was really fun and why not put yourself out there, practice, it's basically a self tape audition. Lastly, I think you should get familiar with America Ferreira's work. Like I mentioned earlier, she has directed, but get familiar with the things that she has directed, the projects that she has been executive producer for, and again with the IMDB Pro where they list all of the filmmakers. Get familiar with those filmmakers too, casting everybody in the world that is going to be, that is, I am not your perfect American, your perfect Mexican daughter. Get familiar with those filmmakers and see what they're like, see what kind of work they do, because that will also give you information when you send in that audition. You'll see, you know, what flavor, what, what they're going for within that story, if it's more realistic, if it's more surreal.  And I think it's really important to have some knowledge about the other things in the acting industry versus just knowing about acting. Don't submit multiple times. Once you submit, please submit it and forget it. If you're submitting for one role, submit it, and then they will contact you if they want to work with you. If you don't hear back from them, it means they didn't find what they needed in you for that role, and they're moving on, they're watching more auditions. You could audition for something else, if something else does pop up another character, but you should not double submit for these auditions or really for anything, because you want to make their job easier, you want to be professional and kind, and they are watching so many auditions, I'm sure, that you just need to submit it and forget it. Wait for the next one. Obviously, this video is not sponsored, but I do love this book so much that I wanted to give away a few books. So I'm going to be giving away five paperback books of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Elizabeth Sanchez, and because I am paying for this on my own and, you know, I don't make that much money off of YouTube and in acting, you know, acting is like one day you make $5,000 and then you don't make any money for a few months. Anyway, that's a long way to say. Unfortunately, you do have to be in the US for this giveaway. I'm going to be giving away five. All you have to do is like this video, subscribe to my channel, and leave me a comment about your favorite childhood memory because this book brought up so many childhood memories of mine and it was beautiful. So I hope you guys enjoy this book. I hope you get to read this book. Like I said, even if you don't have the means to purchase it, I really recommend you going to your library and renting it out. I would love to be a part of this film in any capacity. And if that means that I helped you hear about it and then you get cast, I would literally cry, but also I cry over a lot of things because I have a lot of feelings at the end of every video. I feature another channel and today I wanted to feature a fellow filmmaker, my friend Javi. He is also a Mexican-American person, so you can go check out Blastress. We have made some films together in the past. One of them is posted there and we have lots more coming. So thank you so much. Have a good night or morning or whatever. Why are the end of the video so awkward? Anyway, here's a helpful video on self-tape auditions and lighting and what I use.