Froman, in 'exit memo,' touts TPP and enforcement as key administration trade accomplishments

U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman views the negotiation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership as a crowning trade achievement of the Obama administration despite the deal's highly uncertain future, suggesting in an “ exit memo ” this week that the incoming Trump team use it to “shape” globalization. Agreements like TPP “offer a positive vision for American leadership in the global economy,” he writes in the nine-page document, released Jan. 5. “This vision is vitally important, because in the absence of U.S...