Trump memo directs USTR to carry out formal TPP withdrawal procedures
A memorandum signed by President Trump on Jan. 23 instructs the U.S. Trade Representative to take steps to remove the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement and any future negotiations under the framework of the deal as laid out in the final provisions of the TPP text. Trump has instructed the USTR -- Deputy General Counsel Maria Pagan is acting in that role -- to “provide written notification to the Parties and to the Depository of the TPP, as...