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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