Thursday, April 12, 2018

Trump considers rejoining TPP, the Pacific trade pact he once spurned

Republican Senator Ben Sasse said Trump has instructed US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and his top economic advisor Larry Kudlow to review rejoining the TPP.
Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/trump-rejoining-tpp-trade-pact-10133180
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Ricky Lim · 

Now Trump for the 1st time admitted that he was totally wrong when he exit from TPP.
The 1st day Trump take office, he proudly sign the revoke of TPP and show his BIG signature in front of the TV.

Now Trump say he is wrong - and want to rejoin.

Now Trump slap his own face - for putting down multilateral trade - insisting that bi-lateral trade is good not thick thick pages of multilateral trade.

BTW where are those Trump idols, worshippers, adorers?
Not coming out to cheer Trump and give him a high-5, 5, 5, 5?

不知厚颜无耻 怎样写。
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Ricky Lim · 

Farm groups and political leaders from US agricultural states have been most outspoken in denouncing Trump's trade confrontations with Europe and China, which until recently appeared ready to boil over into an all-out trade war.
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BTW where are those Trump idols, worshippers, adorers?
Not coming out to cheer Trump and give him a high-5, 5, 5, 5?

So is Trump and his economic team winning the trade war?
high-5 some more?

Once Trump and his economic team fail to understand the Economic fundamental --- he is leading US into a disaster --- and this will also cause collateral damage to the World.
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Unker Will
To be fair to this guy...he did not say it was wrong...this guy is too proud to admit that! What I think he is trying to do is to 'snake his way back' into the pack and still expects all the TPP members to welcome him back.
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Sheen Zong San
Ricky Lim,
You are writing blatant fake news here as usual. Read the news! Trump never admitted he was wrong to exit the TPP, but as usual you twisted it and say Trump admitted he was wrong. Trump only asked to EXPLORE it for a better deal for USA. He is always working for a better deal for the US against tremendous odds although previous presidents like Obama weakened US considerably. We readers are not stupid as you think. 5 5 5.
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Richard Kam · 

Unker Will You should say Crawling Back because he sees signs that China is not backing down on his demands.
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Ricky Lim · 

Sheen Zong San - The rest are not stupid. You are stupid.
Many people in the World think what Trump is doing - is harming everyone's interest - including many Americans except Trump idols, worshippers, adorers.

Many people think that Trump is stupid - always flip flop. 
Since you worship Trump so much - and think that everything he do is right - with axe to grind on China ---- AI algorithm derive that you are also stupid. Period.
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Unker Will
After watching the TPP members one by one favouring China....think now Trump got worried and now considering re-joining.
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Patrick Doyle
How can one trust this President when he seems to do everything on a whim. The man alas is unreliable, he is out and next thing he is in, if something happens that he does not like will he be out again? It is no way to run a country, we expect better from a President of the United States.
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Sheen Zong San
Why do you think Xi recently said want to open up China's domestic market? Although China denied it, it was clearly because of Trump. Europe has Trump to thank because Europe was facing the same problem without any headway.
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Meio Lin · 

君无戏言,出尔反尓,为选票?为脱困境?
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Ricky Lim · 

他不是个君子, 他是个小人。
没智慧,有勇无谋。
露洞百出。
愚笑大方。
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Ricky Lim · 

他做事凭一时冲动。
没考虑周详, 没顾全大局,损人,损己。
身为一个大国总统, 举足轻重,正是天下的不幸。


有人还把他当宝 - 真是看了不吃都饱。
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Sheen Zong San
Ricky Lim
I do not have an axe to grind with anyone. Neither do I worship Trump. Maybe if you were president of US you will let this 500 billion dollars deficit grow to more than 10 trillion in a generation of 20 years. A good POTUS will definitely not allow it. You better wake up. You are not stupid. But Trump and USA is smarter. I can assure you that more startling things will emerge, but Trump is smart. He will not show all his cards at once to deal with people like you. 5 5 5.
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Ricky Lim · 

Sheen Zong San -- I think i have done enough with you.
Won't respond to you anymore for anything that concern your idol Trump.
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Ricky Lim · 

Ricky Lim · Singapore
Trump "is a person who could change temperamentally, so he may say something different the next day", Aso said.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, commenting after Trump's tweet, said it would be "great" to have the U.S. back in the pact though doubted it would happen.
"We’re certainly not counting on it,” Turnbull told reporters in Adelaide in South Australia.
"If the United States, it turns out, do genuinely wish to rejoin, that triggers a whole new process," she told reporters in Auckland.
"There would be another process and so, at this stage we are talking hypotheticals."

A Canadian government official said on Thursday there had not been any formal outreach from the United States about the pact.

But Trump is struggling to get support from other countries for his recent threat to impose import tariffs on China and the U.S. farm lobby is arguing that retaliation by China would hit American agricultural exports.
Trade experts believe Trump is probably trying to placate his political base in the wake of criticism over the U.S.-China China tariff standoff.
"Well I think you have to take it seriously but I think there is an enormous chance that this is simply posturing or a tactical decision taken to placate concerned governors and senators from agricultural states that could be affected by China imposing tariffs," said Charles Finny, a Wellington-based trade consultant and a former New Zealand government trade negotiator.
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See Trump is a trouble maker.
None in the TPP is taking Trump seriously - and yet Trump has the cheek to want better term to rejoin the TPP.

The TPP-11 should tell him to go fly kite.
Drag him and wait it out - until next more learned President is elected.
Don't deal with a Devil because a Devil will turn around and bite you.
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Ricky Lim · 

Should not deal with a person who is 心术不正 - who hope to mess things up for his own benefits.

Trump now know that he has mess things up terribly - and backlash is coming back at him.

Let him 自食其果。

The China tariff hitting his political base - could be a fatal one for him. 
正中要害。
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Lokeman Tasref · 

Ricky Lim Trump supporters are indeed stupid prick. When they speak their saliva scatters...and lick back their saliva when their mouth is dry...
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Ricky Lim · 

Lokeman Tasref - Normally I refrain from being rude.
But eversince Trump was elected, he has been doing alot of things that harm Global interests including US interests --- leading to many self-inflicted harms.

And such self-inflicted harms - threaten Global humanity and Global interests.

(1) Paris Climate Agreement revocation is one.
(2) Trigger Global Trade war is another.
(3) Pending revoking of Iran nuclear deal is another.
(4) Unilateral action in Jerusalem issue is another.
(5) Revoking TPP is another - and now got the cheek wanted to come back with better terms.

He is the only person that really make people very angry - harm people, harm self.
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