February 14, 2025
Trump's pick for Commerce secretary calls TPP 'a fiction of people's imagination'
President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Commerce Department, Wilbur Ross, called the Trans-Pacific Partnership “a flawed agreement” and dismissed TPP proponents' and President Obama's efforts to pass the deal as “a fiction of people's imagination.” “[TPP] is not going to happen,” Ross told Fox Business News on Nov. 30, after he was announced as Trump's intended nominee. “It isn't a question of pulling out of TPP; TPP does not exist. It's a fiction of people's imagination at this point.” President...
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