President Trump speaks during a meeting with lawmakers about trade policy at the White House on Feb. 13. Trump withdrew from the TPP in his first week in office after calling the trade deal a “disaster” and a “rape of our country” during his presidential campaign. “We encourage you to work aggressively to secure reforms that would allow the United States to join the agreement,” the senators wrote. “I would do TPP if we were able to make a substantially better deal,” Trump told CNBC in Davos. They feared the United States was giving up its leadership role and ceding even more power to China.

Source: Washington Post February 20, 2018 23:36 UTC