Congress will abandon Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, White House concedes

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Did anyone realise that the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement was so tentative that a full two months or so before Donald Trump takes office, the trade deal – which has been years in the making – is set to be thrown away? So, what was being touted by many in the transport and shipping industries as a key plank to the next phase of growth for the global economy, has now been consigned to the dustbin of ideas, as the world ...