Word-of-the-Day: Modernizing

Whatever the prevalent, current accepted meanings of a word might be, there's usually some unexpected interesting applied usage; for example just two applications of the word
Modernizing NAFTA 
Modernizing Mesa

The first involves re-negotiation of a 24-year old free trade agreement between Canada, the United States and Mexico
The second is the title of a presentation made by Aric H. Bopp at an AeroSpace/Defense Conference last week.
Readers can easily see in the opening featured image from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that talks have been dis-integrated by President Trump turning into ongoing 'trade wars'.
NAFTA Modernization Moves Forward

Jul 24, 2017 - 9:00am

"The debate over how to update the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has shifted into high gear. The Trump administration just released its objectives for modernizing the 23-year-old trade deal. And negotiators recently held three days of public hearings with more than 140 stakeholders from across the economy, during which the U.S. Chamber of Commerce shared its recommendations for updating the agreement. . .

However, on one of the administration’s top objectives—cutting the U.S. trade deficit—we offer a word of caution. The U.S. trade balance—whether overall or with a specific partner—is not a fair measure of who’s “winning” on trade. Suggesting that imports are somehow a problem to be solved or that services trade is less important than goods trade would be a mistake. Attempting to chart a course for trade policy on such a basis is likely to lead to the wrong priorities.

Link >> https://www.uschamber.com 

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“Modernizing Mesa:
Turning up the HEAT in Advancing Manufacturing,”

It took place at the 7th Annual Conference for Arizona's AeroSpace, Aviation, Defense + Manufacturing Industries at a place called ASU SkySong for the commercial and private sectors and university programs that was hosted by 
Arizona Technology Council, Arizona Commerce Authority and RevAZ.

The Modernizing Mesa panel featured
> Aric H. Bopp (moderator) CEcD, deputy director of strategic initiative for the City of Mesa
> Rex Ginder, UND Aerospace; 

> Scott Burns, Orbital ATK

> Arnaldo Soto, AQST Space SystemsMichael Schachte, Attack Helicopter Programs chief engineer for Boeing

If you are interested to can read more >>

https://mesazona.blogspot.com/2018/06/modernizing-mesa-getting-excited-in.html 

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