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TPP trade pact will take effect in December. What is the U.S. missing?

by Tracey Samuelson
Oct 31, 2018
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, […]
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TPP trade pact will take effect in December. What is the U.S. missing?

by Tracey Samuelson
Oct 31, 2018
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, […]
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U.S.-Japan trade talks open today in Washington

by Renata Sago
Aug 9, 2018
Japan trade talks are set to open today in Washington, D.C. for the first bilateral trade meeting since President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership last year. It’s a high level meeting between Japanese Economic Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. Negotiating a free trade agreement and tariffs […]
Left, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Japanese Economic Minister Toshimitsu Motegi are meeting today in Washington, D.C. on trade.
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Is world trade moving on without the United States? Yeah, basically.

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 25, 2018
In an interview President Donald Trump did with CNBC on Thursday after getting to Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum, he said he prefers bilateral trade deals — the U.S. and one other country. But, he added, that he’d be open to bigger treaties, like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, an agreement that was created by […]
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Multilateral trade deals? Trump's just not that into them

by Ashley Milne-Tyte
Mar 3, 2017
Now that the U.S. is out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, what are the benefits of one-on-one negotiations?
President Donald Trump shows the executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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China sees opportunity as TPP fades

by Adam Allington
Jan 4, 2017
With TPP's demise, China promotes it's own agenda therous called R-CEP.
An protestor holds an anti-TPP sign at the Democratic National Convention. 
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TPP proponents face a tough crowd this election season

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Aug 24, 2016
With both presidential nominees opposed to the TPP, focus shifts to the lame duck.
With Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both opposing the TPP in its present form, the pact has become a political football in this election season.
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Pitching the TPP amid skepticism about trade

by Tracey Samuelson
Mar 25, 2016
Shadowing U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman for a day as he hit the road to pitch the TPP.
U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman (left) discusses the Trans-Pacific Partnership with Margaret Spring of the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Congressman Sam Farr (D-CA 20th District).
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A glimpse at the nitty-gritty of the giant trade deal

by Tracey Samuelson
Nov 5, 2015
The text includes details on tariffs on a slew of incredibly specific goods.
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Make DeLauro's TPP vote a 'Nay'

by Kai Ryssdal
Oct 8, 2015
The Democrat from Connecticut says the trade deal will send U.S. jobs overseas.
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