AUTO INDUSTRY/TAXES/TPP: “We passed massive tax cuts and, and eliminated more regulations than any administration in the history of our country, the tax cuts were the biggest tax cuts in history. I saved the U.S. auto industry for a lot of reasons, including regulations, but also by withdrawing it from the last administration’s job killing […]
Category: TPP
8/27/2020
CLIMATE CHANGE/PIPELINES/TPP: “Days after taking office, we shocked the Washington establishment and withdrew from the last administration’s job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership. I then immediately approved the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, ended the unfair and very costly Paris climate accord and secured, for the first time, American energy independence.” -Donald Trump in an Aug. 27, […]
8/20/2020
CLIMATE CHANGE/TPP/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “My first week in office, I withdrew from the Trans-Pacific partnership. It would have been totally destructive to your jobs. It would have been a horror show. I withdrew from the one-sided Paris climate accord, which would have cost us so many billions of dollars. And all it would have […]
8/6/2020
JOBS/TPP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I promised to withdraw the United States from the last administration’s disastrous assault on U.S. workers: the Trans-Pacific Partnership. It would have been a disaster. It would have been a disaster, especially for the automobile industry. It would have put it out of business. My first week in office, I kept that […]
3/10/2018
CANADA/CHILE/COLOMBIA/IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/NAFTA/PERU/TPP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump will make the first visit of his presidency to Latin America next month, the White House said on Saturday [3-9-18], traveling to Peru for a summit meeting of Western Hemisphere nations where he will convene with a group of leaders who have criticized his statements and policies on immigration. The […]
3/8/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/TARIFFS/TPP/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A trade pact originally conceived by the United States to counter China’s growing economic might in Asia now has a new target: President Trump’s embrace of protectionism. A group of 11 nations — including major United States allies like Japan, Canada and Australia — is set to sign a broad […]
1/23/2018
TPP/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Negotiators from 11 Pacific Rim nations agreed Tuesday on a Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, the Japanese minister in charge of TPP said, a year after President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the talks. The 11 nations were close to a deal at a summit in Vietnam in November but fell […]
11/12/2017
TPP/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Eleven Pacific-Rim nations said on Saturday [11-11-17] that they had made significant progress toward reaching a major trade pact 10 months after President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S., but disagreements from Canada prevented a final deal. Trade ministers said they had agreed on ‘core elements’ of a revised version of the […]
11/8/2017
TPP/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Almost 10 months after President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of a sweeping Pacific trade pact, the 11 countries left behind are pushing forward for an agreement without Washington on the sidelines of the Pacific Rim’s biggest annual economic summit. Led by Japan, trade negotiators are meeting in this seaside […]
7/14/2017
TPP/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When President Trump pulled out of his predecessor’s signature trade deal on his first full weekday in office, the 11 other countries that had negotiated the pact were left wondering if years of work had just gone down the drain. This week, those countries indicated that they wanted to press ahead […]
1/23/2017
TTP/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “Presidential Memorandum Regarding Withdrawal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations and Agreement It is the policy of my Administration to represent the American people and their financial well-being in all negotations, particularly the American worker, and to create fair and economically beneficial trade deals that serve their interests. Additionally, […]
1/23/2017
TPP/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “This memorandum [1-23-17] withdraws the United States from all Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations and from signing the trade deal.” –Lisa Desjardins, “The 12 executive actions Trump has signed (so far),” PBS Newshour, PBS.org, Jan 25, 2017 […]
11/11/2015
CHINA/DONALD ON DONALD/TPP: “I never said that China was in the bad TPP trade deal but that China would come in the back door at a later date. @CNN @FoxBusiness” – 11/11/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 11/11/2015 […]
10/13/2015
HILLARY/TPP: “The trade deal is a disaster, she was always for it! #DemDebate” – 10/13/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 10/13/2015 […]
10/5/2015
TPP: “The incompetence of our current administration is beyond comprehension. TPP is a terrible deal.” – 10/5/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 10/5/2015 […]
5/19/2015
CHINA/TPP: “TPP does not stop Japan’s currency manipulation & China has a backdoor to join. It must be stopped. We need to protect the American worker!” – 5/19/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 5/19/2015 […]
5/12/2015
ECONOMY/TPP: “Glad the Trans-Pacific Partnership failed in the Senate. Bad deal for American worker & economy! We need SMART TRADE! http://t.co/YPz4io6WJJ” – 5/12/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 5/12/2015 […]
4/22/2015
OBAMA/TPP: “Republicans should not be giving Obama fast track authority on trade. The Trans-Pacific Partnership will squeeze our manufacturing sector” – 4/22/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 4/22/2015 […]
4/22/2015
JAPAN/TPP: “The Trans-Pacific Partnership is an attack on America’s business. It does not stop Japan’s currency manipulation. This is a bad deal.” – 4/22/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 4/22/2015 […]
4/22/2015
CHINA/TPP: “China has a backdoor into the Trans-Pacific Partnership. This deal does not address currency manipulation. China is laughing at us.” – 4/22/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 4/22/2015 […]
4/22/2015
JOBS/TPP: “The Trans-Pacific Partnership will lead to even greater unemployment. Do not pass it.” – 4/22/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 4/22/2015 […]