Opinion
The American Gambit: Did the US Really Quit the TPP?
The United States’ foreign trade priorities was the key issue during Donald Trump’s electoral campaign, and quiting the Trans-Pacific Partnership was one of his main promises. On March 8, the Chilean Foreign Ministry reported that the new version of the agreement was signed without the United States’ participation. Nevertheless, as Valdai club expert Alexander Rogozhin supposes, nothing prevents the US from signing an updated version of the agreement in the future – and that is what it is most likely to do.