Remember the Trans-Pacific Partnership? The big trade pact with 11 other countries that President Donald Trump pulled out of just about as soon as he got into office? Well, TPP lives. Six out of those 11 countries have now ratified the agreement, and it’ll take effect Dec. 30 — without the United States. Which means what, […]

Remember the Trans-Pacific Partnership? The big trade pact with 11 other countries that President Donald Trump pulled out of just about as soon as he got into office? Well, TPP lives. Six out of those 11 countries have now ratified the agreement, and it’ll take effect Dec. 30 — without the United States. Which means what, […]

President Donald Trump has again rejected the idea of the U.S. joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership. That’s the multilateral trade pact the Obama administration hammered out. Yesterday, the president tweeted that he still doesn’t like the TPP. He added that bilateral trade agreements, between the U.S. and just one other country, are more “efficient” and “profitable.” […]

The world has had about a day to digest President Donald Trump’s 180-degree turn on trade. We are talking about TPP — the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Candidate Trump railed against TPP. He pulled the U.S out in his first week as president. Now, he’s told his top economic lieutenants to explore going back in. What do American […]