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TPP is first on the Trump administration’s chopping block

The President-elect says Obama's Asia-Pacific deal could be disastrous.

People hold signs as they demonstrate against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement in Washington, DC, on November 14, 2016.
People hold signs as they demonstrate against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement in Washington, DC, on November 14, 2016.
NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images

Among the campaign promises President-elect Donald Trump seems intent on keeping  is withdrawing the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The trade agreement between the U.S. and 11 Asia-Pacific countries has yet to be approved by Congress. But in a video released yesterday on YouTube, Trump said he would withdraw from the deal on Day One of his administration. 

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