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the Washington Examiner is hosting "Examining Trade" featuring key lawmakers Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., and Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., who chairs the Senate Banking subcommittee focusing on international trade. 7:55 a.m. Opening 8 a.m. Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., chairman of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance 9 a.m. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va. 9:30 a.m. Expert Panel Tori Whiting, Heritage Foundation Scott Paul, Alliance for American Manufacturing Neil Hare, Global Vision Communications Clark Packard, R Street Institute

President Donald Trump on Tuesday slammed the three chief executives who left his manufacturing council as "grandstanders." "For every CEO that drops out of the Manufacturing Council, I have many to take their place," Trump wrote on Twitter. "Grandstanders should not have gone on. JOBS!" ....Shortly after Trump's tweet Tuesday, Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, also said he would drop out of the council. Paul, head of the group that aims to promote American manufacturing, said "it's the right thing for me to do."