US President Donald Trump signed a decree to withdraw his country from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal on his first official working day in the White House on January 23.
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Hanoi (VNA) - US President Donald Trump signed a decree to withdraw hiscountry from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal on his firstofficial working day in the White House on January 23.
Trump said the TPP, which grouped the US and 11 economic partners in AsiaPacific, will harm manufacturing and production in the US, and deprive US citizensof jobs.
The deal had been discussed since 2009, during the presidency of Barack Obama,but the US Congress never ratified the agreement, and many legislators opposedit, or expressed doubts about its profitability.
TPP negotiations concluded in October 2015. It is waiting forapproval of member nations’ parliaments. Many TPP member countries areconsidering signing the deal without the involvement of the US.
If the original agreement, including the US, had come intoforce it would have been thelargest regional trade agreement in history, covering 40 percent of the worldeconomy.
The11 TPP members are Australia, Brunei, Canada,Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam.-VNA
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US President Donald Trump (Source://arstechnica.com) 
