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Trump officials have given Australia tacit approval on TPP, Obama economist says
Source: The Guardian
Trump officials have given Australia tacit approval on TPP, Obama economist says
Matthew Goodman says the US will look to Australia to advance issues of mutual interest without actively joining trade pact
Katharine Murphy Political editor
Wednesday 30 August 2017 19.00 BST
A former Obama administration official says he believes the Trump administration has given Australia tacit approval to move ahead with the Trans-Pacific Partnership, despite the president disavowing and dumping the agreement as one of his first acts in office.
Matthew Goodman, who served as White House coordinator for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) and the East Asia Summit in the previous administration, told Guardian Australia he believed the Trump administration had given Australia licence to “just keep the seat warm for the United States”.
“I have no hard evidence of this, but I’ve heard senior Trump administration officials have acknowledged Japan and Australia’s interests in moving forward (with the TPP) and haven’t expressed any objections to that,” Goodman said.
He said Japan had been “rattled” when Donald Trump confirmed the US wouldn’t proceed with the controversial regional trade pact. “(Japan) approached the Trump administration and got their tacit approval to drive this forward”.
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Matthew Goodman says the US will look to Australia to advance issues of mutual interest without actively joining trade pact
Katharine Murphy Political editor
Wednesday 30 August 2017 19.00 BST
A former Obama administration official says he believes the Trump administration has given Australia tacit approval to move ahead with the Trans-Pacific Partnership, despite the president disavowing and dumping the agreement as one of his first acts in office.
Matthew Goodman, who served as White House coordinator for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) and the East Asia Summit in the previous administration, told Guardian Australia he believed the Trump administration had given Australia licence to “just keep the seat warm for the United States”.
“I have no hard evidence of this, but I’ve heard senior Trump administration officials have acknowledged Japan and Australia’s interests in moving forward (with the TPP) and haven’t expressed any objections to that,” Goodman said.
He said Japan had been “rattled” when Donald Trump confirmed the US wouldn’t proceed with the controversial regional trade pact. “(Japan) approached the Trump administration and got their tacit approval to drive this forward”.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/aug/31/trump-officials-have-given-australia-tacit-approval-on-tpp-obama-economist-says
