One of the first official decisions that Donald Trump made after his inauguration was to withdraw US support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Mr Trump argued throughout the election that the pact, and many other global trade deals, was harmful to American companies and American workers and that he would withdraw from it immediately. He followed through on his word. When he withdrew from the partnership, Mr Trump stated he was going to “stop the ridiculous trade deals” .

Last modified

• 01/07/2020

Creator

• Anne Felix

DOI

• https://doi.org/10.21985/n2-d269-r291

Keyword

• Volume 2

Date created

• 2017-04-04

Resource type

• Article

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• In Copyright