Donald Trump has instructed United States Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer, and National Economic Advisor, Larry Kudlow, to review re-joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) according to declarations given by Senator Ben Sasse to reporters after leaving a meeting on trade that Trump had with lawmakers and governors from farming states just a few hours ago.
“[Trump] said that he was going to deputize, again, Larry Kudlow and Ambassador Lighthizer with reentering the TPP negotiations,” Senator Sasse said. “The president multiple times reaffirmed in general to all of us and looked right at Larry Kudlow and said, ‘Larry, go get it done.’ ”
Daniel Cooper Bermúdez from the Trade for People and Planet campaign stated that “Trump has forgotten that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was opposed by millions of people across the political spectrum. We will not permit multi-national corporations to impose a deal that was negotiated behind the public’s back. Trade must benefit working people and protect the environment, not the opposite.”
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