Serhei Khalid

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The biggest question in Washington will come in the form of the future of the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Trump’s campaign and his advisers have long advocated ending the TPP with the U.S. as early in his administration as possible, in favor of pursuing a free-trade agreement with Asia, and he has continued to make the case publicly and with officials in the Cabinet. Even his nomination of billionaire investor Wilbur Ross to the Commerce Department will be seen as support for this view.

The Trump transition team is exploring a variety of options for exiting the agreement, which would need to be approved by congressional Republicans and also needs approval from Trump himself.

Among those possibilities under review are making trade with TPP countries and non-TPP countries more transparent, renegotiating NAFTA, including some aspects of labor and the environment, and pursuing a free-trade agreement with Mexico, Canada, and eventually China.

Trump has said in the past two interviews that he would be reluctant to seek to pull out and renegotiate NAFTA, but would likely have no choice due to the economic ramifications for the U.S.

One issue that Trump is also exploring in the transition process is whether to push for legislation to “reverse executive overreach” at the Department of Justice, given the impact the department’s recent decisions on immigrant rights have had on immigrants’ participation in the labor market.

In the second of those interviews on Nov. 2, the New York Times noted, Trump said he was going ahead with the executive order, despite the criticism from Republican officials, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.

Serhei Khalid

Location: Brasilia , Brazil
Company: Auchan Holding

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