By Louis Nelson, Politico:
President Donald Trump’s decision to back the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement will ultimately cede economic and political power to China, Sen. John McCain said Tuesday morning, making it a decision that “is not good for the United States of America.”
“My concern is that we consign the Asia pacific region to China,” McCain (R-Ariz.) said Tuesday on “CBS This Morning.” “They have now a very significant economic role, where 60 percent of the world’s economy is in the Asia-Pacific region, and we are stepping back. I have talked to leaders of Asian countries who have all said that this will cede the field to China. And that, to me, is not good for the United States of America.”
Trump’s Monday executive order withdrawing from the TPP is likely to kill the 12-nation deal entirely, given that it would be unlikely to function without the participation of the massive U.S. economy. The agreement was negotiated by President Barack Obama’s administration, which tried unsuccessfully to ratify it before leaving the White House. Democrat Hillary Clinton also opposed the deal, meaning it likely would have been dead regardless of who won last year’s presidential election.
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