Trump Slams TPP Again Ahead of Trade Talks With Japan's Abe
Source: Bloomberg News
By Andy Sharp
April 17, 2018, 11:51 PM EDT
President Donald Trump again soured on the 11-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership ahead of planned trade talks on Wednesday with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
"While Japan and South Korea would like us to go back into TPP, I don’t like the deal for the United States," Trump wrote. "Too many contingencies and no way to get out if it doesn’t work. Bilateral deals are far more efficient, profitable and better for OUR workers. Look how bad WTO is to U.S.," he said referring to the World Trade Organization.
Last week, Trump directed U.S. officials to explore returning to the TPP. While his comments were welcomed by members of the trade bloc, ministers from countries including Japan, Australia and Malaysia said they opposed renegotiation of the deal to accommodate the U.S. should it decide to rejoin at a later date.
Abe has been a strong proponent of the TPP. Before leaving for the talks in Florida, he told reporters in Tokyo that Japan and the U.S. should "take the lead on growing the economy of the Indo-Pacific through free and fair trade and investment."
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-18/trump-slams-tpp-once-again-ahead-of-trade-talks-with-japan-s-abe
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Remember when that was the most horrible and dire pejorative they could scream at John Kerry?
"I'll sign anything on immigration, get it to my desk..."/"Wattaboutthewall?"
Russia Sanctions/No Russia Sanctions
Healthcare: "so easy"/"who could have known how difficult?"
"Locked and loaded"/"missionaccomplished" 
And also - perhaps we ought to start mailing helpful maps to the President with important countries clearly circled and labeled.
Wait, doesn't he have a staff that supposed to - oh right. Never mind.
