Tech Group Applauds Trump TPP Renegotiation Directive

Re-entering the Trans-Pacific Partnership would empower American tech companies to sell "to millions of customers in the Asia-Pacific region” and boost U.S. competitiveness, TechNet CEO Linda Moore said. She responded Thursday to President Donald Trump wanting to negotiate American re-entry. “The U.S. represents only 4 percent of the world’s population, and modern free trade agreements like the TPP are the key to continue unlocking market access for us to sell to the other 96 percent of the world’s potential customers,” Moore said. “Demagoguing against the TPP was a mistake, and withdrawing from the agreement ceded trade leadership in the region to China,” said Institute for Policy Innovation President Tom Giovanetti, blasting China for “intellectual property theft.”