Thread: Trump Asked Top Aides to Review Whether to Rejoin TPP, Senator Says

Just do bilateral agreements for now. We don't need them right now. We don't need to get embroiled in another complex trade agreement. Just wait, no rush on those countries. Plow forward to reduce the trade deficit. Dow up today over 300 points so far today. Trump's approval hit 50% again today on Rasmussen, despite Mueller and Rosenstein's raid on Cohen. Just stay the course for now. If there's no big money and jobs for the US with a TPP agreement, just stay away from it. They'll come crying to US to join on much better terms the longer we wait them out, i my opinion.

Geez, is he trying to make his whole presidential campaign a lie?

You know, the Russians made an interesting statement about our country a few weeks ago when the 13 Russians were indicted.

"If Americans want to see a devil, they will see one."

Some do, and MW, you are one of them.

TPP has written in foreign workers can be imported at their rates and foreign countries do not have to abide by our environmental laws (if we have any left). Getting real tired of trumphead. King of Swamp! No problems abandoning any promises and the list is long.

Geez this just gets better and better and this a--hat claimed we would get tired of all the winning. I'm sure the swamp is getting tired of beating us like a redheaded step child. I'm tired of Don the Con, he's just ensuring we'll end up with Hillary or Joe Biden as president in 2020, lying rat POS.

Top Republican senator: Trump wants to jump back in the massive trade deal he once called 'a rape of our country'

BOB BRYAN
Apr 12th 2018 3:03PM

• Sen. Ben Sasse told reporters that President Donald Trump told two of his advisers to look into getting the US back into the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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• Trump pulled the US out of the TPP just two days after taking office.
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• The move would be a reversal of Trump's recent protectionist trade rhetoric.

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President Donald Trump appears to be reversing course on a major multilateral trade deal.
GOP Sen. Ben Sasse, a staunch free-trade advocate, told reporters Thursday that during a White House meeting on Thursday, Trump directed two top economic advisers to reenter negotiations to get the US into the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

The TPP was crafted most extensively by President Barack Obama's administration. The agreement spans 11 countries around the Pacific Rim, including Japan, Australia, Mexico, and Canada. Despite Obama signing the deal in February 2016, Trump yanked the US out of the agreement just two days after his inauguration.

Sasse told reporters that Trump directed National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to look into getting the US back into the TPP.

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"The best thing the United States can do to push back against Chinese cheating now is to lead the other eleven Pacific nations that believe in free trade and the rule of law," Sasse said in a statement after the meeting. "It is good news that today the president directed Larry Kudlow and Ambassador Lighthizer to negotiate US entry into TPP."

The other 11 countries signed a new agreement, called the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, in March.

Trump originally trashed the TPP during the 2016 campaign, calling it "a rape of our country." But in January, the president suggested that the US could get back into the deal if terms were improved. But many TPP nations said the White House never engaged in serious talks regarding the deal.

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A history of the Trans-Pacific Partnership

The free trade move comes in contrast to a rash of recent protectionist measures Trump has imposed, including tariffs on imports of steel, aluminum, and $50 billion worth of Chinese goods.

Despite Trump's fiery rhetoric and crackdowns, Kudlow also suggested late last week that the president was attempting to find a "coalition of the willing" to take China on over trade. Some lawmakers and experts speculated that the "coalition" could be the TPP nations.

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Trump is probably taking bad advice again. Either that or he has lost all confidence in his abilities to deal with China on trade and would rather go with Obama's ideas. I say that because:

Despite Trump's fiery rhetoric and crackdowns, Kudlow also suggested late last week that the president was attempting to find a "coalition of the willing" to take China on over trade. Some lawmakers and experts speculated that the "coalition" could be the TPP nations.

Just like everyone else here, I'm guessing. However, whatever the case, this would be another lie to add to his campaign promises!

Ben Sasse: Donald Trump Ready to Rejoin TPP to Help American Farmers







April 12, 2018

Charlie Spiering


Senator Ben Sasse said that President Donald Trump was interested in rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership to put more pressure on China by opening up more Asian markets to agricultural exports from the United States.



“He looked right at Larry Kudlow and said, ‘Larry go get it done,’” Sasse said, recounting the meeting to White House reporters.



Sasse and other members of Congress and governors from agriculture states met with the president at the White House to express concerns about higher China tariffs hurting American farmers.


Senators Deb Fisher (R-NE), Pat Roberts (R-KS), and John Hoeven (R-ND), who also attended the meeting, confirmed Trump’s interest in rejoining TPP.


Roberts said he was “very impressed” that Trump instructed both Kudlow and Robert Lighthizer to explore the idea of rejoining TPP.


“That would certainly be good news all throughout farm country,” Roberts said.


Fischer said that the president also discussed the importance of ethanol and the renegotiation of NAFTA with the president.
Hoeven said the meeting with Trump was a “very positive” meeting about opening up more markets to “free” and “fair” trade.


The senators did not have a timeline for the president but appeared confident that the president heard their concerns.

“Clearly it’s a deliberative process, and the president is a guy who likes to blue-sky a lot and entertain a lot of different ideas, but he multiple times reaffirmed the point that TPP might be easier for us to join now once the TPP 11 is aligned and that we might be the 12th party to those negotiations,” Sasse said.

TPP-11 is the group of Pacific nations who signed a renewed free trade pact after Trump pulled the United States out of TPP.

Sasse, who recently returned from a trip to China, admitted that they cheated on trade and stole intellectual property but suggested that the best way to compete with them was to lead Pacific nations on global trade.


He criticized the president’s strategy of proposing higher tariffs on China to get them to play fair on trade.

“Tariffs first and U.S. alone action that focuses just on tariffs and steel … that’s not going to solve the real problems we have,” he said.


He criticized the idea of using government welfare payments to farmers to help them survive threatening tariffs from China.

“They don’t want welfare payments, they want to feed the world,” Sasse said.



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Originally Posted by MW

Trump is probably taking bad advice again. Either that or he has lost all confidence in his abilities to deal with China on trade and would rather go with Obama's ideas. I say that because:



Just like everyone else here, I'm guessing. However, whatever the case, this would be another lie to add to his campaign promises!

Wait a minute, according to Trump he's the best negotiator on the planet, nobody negotiates like him. He said he would get the best and brightest minds to work on these trade deals. Given that he was a business man who amassed billions I initially believed him. So if Trump hired these people why does he not trust them? Not that I expect perfection, after all he is human, but geez a whiz, his administration is like a revolving door. So either he is in way over his head or he lied. Either way it's not looking good.

Not for nothing, but I didn't vote for this man so he can turn around and implement Obozo's ideas. I could have voted for Hillary if I wanted that to happen. Obozo ideas were about as useful as a fart in a wind storm.

obama is laughing at trump - trump is fighting very hard to protect obama's unlawful decree "daca", & now on the road to solicit congress for comprehensive immigration reform. trump still can't figure out how to use his pen as seen with the tens of thousands "come on in" at the border monthly. trump issues a memo with 90 days for reports then he will approach congress later in the year. WHAT! And now the TPP - we might as well have obama in office.