FOREIGN POLICY/TRADE/TPP: "President Donald Trump’s formal withdrawal from the 12-nation Pacific trade agreement, announced Monday [1-23-17], creates an American policy vacuum in a fast-growing region that includes China and longtime U.S. allies."
– “Donald Trump Withdraws U.S. From Trans-Pacific Partnership,” The Wall Street Journal, Jan 23, 2017, William Mauldin, 1/23/2017