Trump Proposes Rejoining Trans-Pacific Partnership
President Trump, in a surprising reversal, told a gathering of farm state lawmakers and governors on Thursday morning that he was directing his advisers to look into rejoining the multicountry trade deal known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a deal he pulled out of within days of assuming the presidency.
Rejoining the 11-country pact could be a sharp reversal of fortune for many American industries that stood to benefit from the trade agreement's favorable terms and Republican lawmakers who supported the pact. The deal, which was initiated by the Obama administration, was largely viewed as a tool to prod China into making the type of economic reforms that the United States and others have long wanted.
Both Democrats and Republicans attacked the deal during the president campaign, but many business leaders were disappointed when Mr. Trump withdrew from agreement, arguing that the United States would end up with less favorable terms attempting to broker an array of individual trade pacts and that scrapping the deal would empower China.
Republicans in Congress have also been skeptical of Mr. Trump's tendencies on trade, and 25 Republican senators sent a letter to Mr. Trump urging him to re-engage with the pact "so that the American people can prosper from the tremendous opportunities that these trading partners bring."
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(Score: 2) by DannyB on Friday April 13 2018, @01:00PM (1 child)
Whichever way the wind is blowing today.
He'll get back in to TPP.
Then back out again.
Then back in again.
He puts it in, then out, then in, according to whether he can keep it up, or what mood he's in.
Is there any issue Trump isn't flip-floppy on? Even things he promised in his campaign aren't guaranteed to be what he'll do once in office.
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 13 2018, @02:24PM
Well, seems to me it's fairly certain we'll get a border wall!
Sort of a border wall.
Well, there will be parts of the border you can go to and see a wall.
In fact, there may have been parts of the border you could go to already and see a wall.
Mission accomplished!