Pacific Rim Countries

President Donald Trump officially pulled the U.S. out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation trade pact the Obama administration spent years orchestrating in order to give the U.S. a new leadership role among Pacific Rim countries. Trump signed the executive order Monday leaving the remaining 11 TPP countries with an uncertain future...

Trans-Pacific Partnership talks kick off today in Hawaii, in what could be the final round of negotiations ahead of finalizing a trade-pact. The Trans-Pacific Partnership includes the United States and 11 Pacific Rim countries. The TPP trade deal is the most important free-trade agreement in years...