114th United States Congress
Donald Trump Is Ready to Approve a Initial Trade Deal with Japan
On Monday, President Donald Trump told the Congress that the United States and Japan are ready to enter into a restricted trade agreement that will reduce some of the bilateral tariffs and set conditions for digital commerce, Wall Street Journal reports.
How digital TPP could help world chart digital way forward
In the fall of 2016, both the Republican and Democratic candidates for the US presidency came out against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a huge trade deal that would have tied together economies comprising roughly 40 percent of global GDP. Donald Trump would go on to withdraw the US from TPP in his very first week in office. The "America First" era had officially begun.
Trump: US will only rejoin Pacific trade pact if terms are improved
U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States would only join the Trans Pacific Partnership, a multinational trade deal his administration walked away from last year, if it offered "substantially better" terms than those provided under previous negotiations.
TPP countries agree to keep trade deal alive despite US rejection
The United States ruled out returning to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and said on May 21 it only wanted bilateral agreements in Asia, as Japan and other members agreed to more talks on pressing ahead themselves.
Making China Great Again
"Passing the TPP [Trans-Pacific Partnership] is as important to me as another aircraft carrier," said former U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter two years ago, as the negotiations on the huge new free trade organization were nearing completion.
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Trump hits the ground running
U.S. President Donald Trump got down to business after his inauguration on Jan. 20.
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Trump Withdraws US From TPP
BELGRADE - US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that withdraws the United States from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal.
The move on January 23 is actually a formality since the controversial TPP agreement had not yet been approved by the Senate.
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Trump Moves to Withdraw from Pacific Trade Deal
United States President Donald Trum has signed an executive order that initiates his country's pullout of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
The TPP, a cornerstone of his predecessor Barack Obama's political doings, has never been ratified by the Congress whose members have given it a mixed reception.
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China will defend WTO rights if Trump moves on tariffs: Official
China will defend its rights under World Trade Organization tariff rules if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump moves toward executing his campaign threats to levy punitive duties on goods made in China, a senior trade official said on Nov. 23.
Trump vows to withdraw from TPP 'on day one'
Donald Trump said on Nov. 21 the United States would signal its withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact on his first day in the White House, one of six immediate steps aimed at "putting America first."
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