Trump: U.S. open to a multilateral deal with TPP countries

The U.S. is open to negotiating a multilateral trade deal with Trans-Pacific Partnership countries, President Trump said at the World Economic Forum on Friday. A day after saying he would reconsider TPP if it could be made “ substantially better ,” the president used his speech in Davos, Switzerland, to reiterate familiar trade rhetoric and call again for bilateral deals with Pacific nations – but he acknowledged a willingness to deal multilaterally as well. “The United States is prepared to...