Malpass: Stronger trade negotiators one reason U.S. could reconsider TPP

A top Treasury official said on Friday that a tougher trade negotiating team installed by President Trump was one reason the U.S. could reconsider its stance on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Asked at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event about the possibility of the U.S. rejoining the trade pact, which President Trump suggested was possible last week if it could be improved, Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs David Malpass said “The point that that negotiation had reached in...