12 avr. 2018 - (10) Trump attempts to re-enter TPP negotiations

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April 12, 2018, When meeting with Republicans from farm states, President Trump directed his advisors to examine if the United States could negotiate its way back into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which he walked away in 2017. Many argue that TPP would be economic and strategic leverage with China, which isn’t a TPP member. In his tweet on April 12, Trump said that “Would only join TPP if the deal were substantially better than the deal offered to Pres. Obama. We already have BILATERAL deals with six of the eleven nations in TPP, and are working to make a deal with the biggest of those nations, Japan, who has hit us hard on trade for years!” However, other TPP members expressed skepticism about the United States returning to the trade pact.