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Trump signs order withdrawing US from Trans-Pacific trade deal

Trump signs order withdrawing US from Trans-Pacific trade deal

President Donald Trump signed an executive order formally withdrawing the United States from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal on Monday, following through on a promise from his campaign last year.

Reuters
  • Updated Jan 24, 2017 11:51 AM IST
Trump signs order withdrawing US from Trans-Pacific trade dealUS President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump signed an executive order formally withdrawing the United States from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal on Monday, following through on a promise from his campaign last year.

In an Oval Office ceremony, Trump also signed an order imposing a federal hiring freeze and a directive banning U.S. non-governmental organizations receive federal funding from providing abortions abroad.

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Trump called the TPP order a "great thing for the American worker."

 

Published on: Jan 23, 2017 11:15 PM IST
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