\u201cIf we did a substantially better deal, I would be open to TPP,\u201d Trump said.<\/b>
\nThe globalists are rubbing off on President Trump.
In Davos for the World Economic Forum on Thursday, the protectionist president signaled a willingness to rethink his opposition to NAFTA and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, two trade pacts that he has loudly opposed both as a candidate and president.
On NAFTA, which the U. S., Canada, and Mexico are currently trying to modernize, Trump told CNBC that there\u2019s \u201ca good chance\u201d the deal is renegotiated. But he also said, \u201cI may terminate NAFTA, I may not. We\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d
Still, giving NAFTA a \u201cgood chance\u201d of survival is more optimistic than Trump has previously been about the deal, which he threatened to tear up during the campaign.
On TPP, Trump gave CNBC what he called a \u201cbig story,\u201d saying he\u2019s open to \u201ca substantially better\u201d version of the pact. \u201cThe deal was terrible, the way it was structured was terrible. If we did a substantially better deal, I would be open to TPP,\u201d he said.
As a candidate, Trump said TPP was a \u201cdisaster\u201d pushed by \u201cspecial interests who want to rape our country.\u201d Once in office, he pulled the U. S. from the pact on his first Monday on the job. \u201cGreat thing for the American worker, what we just did,\u201d Trump said upon signing an executive order to pull out of the deal.
But Trump\u2019s change of heart may be coming too late. The 11 nations that the U. S. left behind when it pulled out of TPP have reached a new deal to replace it. The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership is expected to be finalized in early March.<\/p>\n

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