The future of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, TPP trade deal has been put in jeopardy after US President-Elect Donald Trump said he will withdraw the United States from the deal from the first day he took office.
This came to light as Donald Trump issued a video outlining his policy plans for his first 100 days in office and vowed to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership “from day one”.
In brief video clip posted to YouTube on Monday night, the president-elect said “our transition team is working very smoothly, efficiently, and effectively”, contradicting a wealth of media reports telling of chaos in Trump Tower as Mr Trump struggles to build a team.
In the video Mr Trump laid out actions he will take on his first day in office including directing the Department of Labor “to investigate all abuses of visa programmes that undercut the American worker” and withdrawing the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
The TPP comprises of the United States and 11 other countries namely- Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam
Mr Trump also said he would issue a rule cutting government regulations and cancel some restrictions on energy production, including shale oil and gas and coal.
In the video, Mr Trump said his agenda would “be based on a simple core principle: putting America first. Whether it’s producing steel, building cars, or curing disease, I want the next generation of production and innovation to happen right here”.
He had asked his transition team “to develop a list of executive actions we can take on day one to restore our laws and bring back our jobs”.
Mr Trump described the trade deal as “a potential disaster for our country”. Instead he said he would “negotiate fair bilateral trade deals that bring jobs and industry back”.
Mr Trump also said many people would like to see Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage as British ambassador to Washington.
“Many people would like to see @Nigel_Farage represent Great Britain as their Ambassador to the United States. He would do a great job!” Mr. Trump said on Twitter.
Mr. Farage, one of the leaders of the successful referendum fight for Britain to leave the European Union, spoke at a Trump rally during the U.S. campaign and visited the president-elect after his victory.
