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FDRA “extremely disappointed” at TPP withdrawal

25/01/2017

US President Donald Trump has formally signed an executive order to withdraw the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free-trade agreement.  A final proposal for the 12-nation deal was signed on Feburary 4, 2016 in New Zealand but cannot be ratified without the approval of all participating nations. It aimed to strengthen economic ties and ...

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