Trump to withdraw from Trans-Pacific Partnership on first day in office

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"The TPP would be meaningless without the United States," [Japan's Shinzo] Abe said, after Japan and other TPP countries had discussed the agreement on the sidelines of the Apec summit in Lima at the weekend.

He added that the pact could not be renegotiated. "This would disturb the fundamental balance of benefits," he said.

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Abe, though, suggested he was already bracing himself for US withdrawal from the TPP, whose 12 participating countries cover 40% of the global economy. Last week he told a parliamentary committee that Trump's threat, if carried out, could bolster moves towards a new regional trade pact that includes China.