Originally Posted by
Judy
No, dear Beezer, he didn't. What he promised was to withdraw from the TPP as it stood when he took office. He did that. He promised to renegotiate NAFTA or withdraw and move to one on one's with Canada and Mexico. He promised to do a one on one with any country that left the EU, the Brits left, and as soon as their phase out is complete in late 2019 or early 2020, then he'll negotiate a one on one with them, or any other country in the future that leaves the EU. Until then we deal with the EU trade agreement until he would decide the break all hell loose in Europe and try to renegotiate or withdraw from that one. He promised to do a new trade deal with South Korea and has done that, it will be signed after we know what's going on with North Korea. He promised to do a new trade deal with Japan, but they're playing it tough because they're part of TPP, but hopefully we'll succeed at the end of the day with a new one one with Japan. He promised to stop China's unfair trade practices, he's doing that, using tariffs and negotiation, some good progress has been made with some promises to the world to reduce tariffs on imports into China and easing restrictions on doing business in China which could address the intellectual property issues as well. We'll see.
Trump said he prefers bi-lateral agreements, the one on ones, but he may not be able to get those everywhere and if the multi-lateral deals are good for US, then it makes no difference. CAFTA is an example of a multi-lateral that's good for US at least for now. And there's probably a couple to 3 others that are.
Trade deals are very complicated because they impact every single product and service we buy and sell, so they take a lot of time to a) figure out what you want and b) leverage and negotiate to get it.
Just give him time to do something no one else has done or even tried to do in 60 years.
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