Tuesday 24 January 2017

Donald Trump takes the U.S. out of Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) and signed anti-abortion bill in a bid to make America great

President Trump

Having started his first week at the White House with a very busy day, President J. Trump has convened a meeting with business executives in a bid to effective implement his corporate tax cut promise and regulations

The President has also made the move to take the United States out of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, saying that such a deal is a "potential disaster for our country".

Though the deal was meant to reduce tariffs and other trade hindrances between America and a number of Pacific Rim nations including Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Malaysia and Chile.

Mr Trump described his action on TPP as a "great thing for the American worker".

Speaking to Sky's Diplomatic Editor, Dominic Waghorn, said: "His critics will say it's not putting America first because free trade is good for America, as it is for the rest of the world.

"It allows cheap goods to go to America (and) allows America to export its goods to the Pacific Rim countries more effectively."

Also speaking, White House press secretary Sean Spicer stated in his daily press briefing: "When you enter into these multi-national agreements, you're allowing any country, no matter the size, to have the same stature as the United States in the agreement."

Mr Spicer added that such arrangements were "not always in the best interests of the United States", saying that bi-lateral agreements would be pursued instead.

"This is a strong signal that the Trump administration wants free and fair trade throughout the world," he told reporters.

Asked by Sky's US Correspondent, Cordelia Lynch, why Theresa May will be the first foreign leader to meet President Trump in Washington on Friday, Mr Spicer said: "I think we've always had that special relationship with Britain, and that reflects in the Prime Minister's first visit here.

"He's had a great conversation with her, and he looks forward to having her here, but we can always be closer."

In a move to bring sanity to the country as he promised during his presidential campaign, Mr Trump has signed two other executive orders.

One bans US non-governmental organisations that receive federal funding from providing abortions abroad.

While the other imposes a freeze on federal hiring.



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