withdrawing the us from the tra ns—pacific executive order, withdrawing the us from the trans—pacific partnership with asia which he had called harmful to american workers. thank you very much. that report from michelle fleury in new york. some countries involved in the trans—pacific some countries involved in the tra ns—pacific partnership such some countries involved in the trans—pacific partnership such as new zealand are vowing to push ahead. the japanese are still trying to convince the americans of its significant. but rising protectionism in the us is something people are going to have to get used to according to person. is this the direct impact through those companies with large export volumes to the us? there is the impact of his policies, inflationary, that will lead to a strong us dollar and rate hikes potentially. that has not been a great environment for emerging markets in asia. any particular industries that could be impacted more compared to others? the industries that have full operations outside the us will be more impacted than those inside. korean car makers for example alrea

and the trans—pacific partnership was a key pa rt the trans—pacific partnership was a key part of itwhat legacy does he leave behind? it was supposed to be the cornerstone of strategic engagement in asia. the trans—pacific strategic engagement in asia. the tra ns—pacific partnership was strategic engagement in asia. the trans—pacific partnership was one of the key non—military aspects of asia for0bama. it the key non—military aspects of asia for obama. it leaves a gaping void in us engagement in the asia—pacific. with donald trump looking like does not have a rival initiative, china will look to push its leadership role. i think free trade has a good chance of being pushed on business opportunities. could this actually backfire for donald trump's make america great again initiative? it is a great opportunity for china. they cannot believe their luck that the trans—pacific believe their luck that the tra ns—pacific partnership has believe their luck that the trans—pacific partnership has been ditched by donald trump. i think he is more confrontational. donald trump is looking to put s

the one grabbing all the headlines worldwide is his move to withdraw the us from the trans—pacific partnershipalso known is the huge trade deal negotiated under mr trump's predesessor ba rack 0bama. it was a deal between 12 nations in the pacific area and was set to cover 40% of the world's economic output. the painstaking negotiations were led by obama and took seven years to complete. it was generally seen as a way to cement relations in the area before china could get a foot in. significantly china was not part of the negotiations. the 12 countries signed up to tpp in february of last year but mr obama couldn't get it ratified by the republican held us congress. president trump now wants to negotiate trade deals on a country—to—country basis with a 30 day cancellation clause in case somebody misbehaves. we've been talking about this for a long time. thank you. 0k. great thing for the american worker, what we just great thing for the american worker, what wejust did. there you have it! that was the moment. with me is kate andrews from the news editor of the institute of economic affairs. goo

withdrawal of the united states from the trans-pacific partnership.h that and a stroke of the pen, donald trump made good on a campaign promise to pull america out of the trans—pacific partnership. a symbolic gesture given that the deal negotiated by the obama administration had yet to receive congressional approval. great thing for the american worker what we just did. but it was nonetheless a reinforcement of the president's campaign trail commitment to put americanjobs first. campaign trail commitment to put american jobs first. the 12 campaign trail commitment to put americanjobs first. the 12 nation tpp, which does not include china, was seen as tpp, which does not include china, was seen as a curb on tpp, which does not include china, was seen as a curb on chinese influence in the region. america's withdrawal may therefore have the effect of distancing the us from its asian allies but mr trump believes the future lies in one—on—one trade deals with individual countries as a means of achieving turns more favourable to the us. the white house pres

tra ns—pacific partnership, the plans to do is withdraw from the trans—pacific partnership, the tradehich some say it by doing so agreement which some say it by doing so will strengthen china's hand. this was a major part of president obama's trade dealings. he wanted to pivot towards the south east asia pacific region while donald trump believes there is nothing better the us. he plans to tear up that agreement. he was to renegotiate whether north american free trade agreement is concerned. he wants to hold leaders —— talks with leaders of canada and south america with looking to renegotiating, provided america can get a good deal. early days yet, we know. he is yet to get into his first week. will he backed his statements with policies? where possible he seems intent on doing so. possible he seems intent on doing so. tomorrow, his first full day in office, his first weekday in office, he will sit down and find various executive orders and in many cases, those will be repealing executive orders that barack obama brought into a fact and trade is likely to be top of the agenda for pres

the tra ns—pacific partnership is the rest of the world.—pacific partnership is a major trade arrangement with countries in the pacific rim. now, mr trump has said he will pull out of the deal negotiated by the obama administration. he says it would have damaged us manufacturing and jobs. the bbc‘s north america editor jon sopel has the details. we've been talking about this for a long time. oh the power of the pen. these are executive orders signed by the president as he starts his first week in thejob. from now on america will have nothing to do with the pacific trade deal. another order sets in trade plans to renegotiate the nafta agreement with mexico and canada. a far more complex undertaking. and there's to be a freeze on recruitment forfederaljobs. one other executive order particularly eye—catching that was signed today is that aid agencies in receipt of us government funds will now no longer be able to offer abortions or advice on abortions in their fieldwork around the world. now, this has been a political football going back for

countries the tpp, trans-pacific partnership. i, too, thought it was not a god agreement and, frankly, there were three specific issues that i think were weak. one was with regard to autos, actually because there's a rules of origin that would allow autos to come in from japan with a lot of parts coming from other countries, including china that are not part of the agreement. that didn't seem fair and we made that point repeatedly. i think it can be approved. even republicans who support the concept of it because of the importance of having that agreement. they have concerns about some of the specifics. >> the first thing that happened, once you withdraw, you're out. china immediately stepped in to fill the vacuum. do you think it's a coincidence the next thing they did was make a comment about the south china sea and said the united states is not a party to this matter, which sounds more like a trade term than a geopolitical military operative term. do you see that they filled the void and the mistake has been made? >> they've

the tra ns—pacific partnership was set to cover 40% of the world's economy.ill the other 11 nations go ahead without the us? or can it be replaced by bilateral deals that donald trump says he wants? also in the programme, despite corruption allegation and exploding phones, samsung records its highest quarterly profit in four years. we'll tell you how. and we'll be getting the inside track on the wearable tech which doesn'tjust track your heart rate but also tells a woman when she's at her most fertile. when you listen to music do you think about the performer? as jay z sells a stake in his artist led music streaming service, tidal, we want to know, do fans care about the artist or the access? just use #bbcbizlive. welcome to the programme. thank you already for those of you who have tweeted about jay—z, nothing we can say out loud on the bbc, so send in some comments we can read out! let's first of all start with what is going on in terms of global trade. the united states are out, but japan, australia and new zealand say their big free trade deal can go ahea

and has ordered his country to pull out of the trans-pacific partnership. theresa may wants to seal new trade deals with other countries as britain plans to leave the eu. the summit could pave the way towards negotiations. may told republicans on thursday that britain bears a fair share of defense costs as a u.s. ally. she indicated she will urge others to do the same. trump and may are expected to discuss nato, which he has criticized for being obsolete. trump, meanwhile is finishing up his first week in office. he spent much of it trying to make good on the list of promises he made on the campaign trail. and his actions are drawing both praise and protest. nhk world's uri ito has more. >> we are transferring power from washington, d.c. and giving it back to you, the people. >> on day one, trump pledged to keep every one of his campaign promises and drain the washington swamp. if anyone thought trump would be a golf course president, this week is proving otherwise. the reset of the obama era was noticeable as soon as he sat down in the oval office. the cur

let's talk about the trans pacific partnership and trade agreement. he promised to get us out of it, today he with drew. it's a great thing for the american worker, and i have to tell both bernie sanders and hillary clinton opposed tpp. i remember being in a debate, discussing it in flynn the. what is the bottom line, what does this mean for the american people and the american worker?

the other thing is tpp, the trans—pacific partnership, this is barack obama's trans—pacific partnerships is barack obama's baby. he doesn't want to get rid of it, it will go ahead with asian countries trading with other asian countries. he doesn't wa nt to other asian countries. he doesn't want to be part of that. he thinks it is taking jobs away from america. it is antagonistic against other countries, isn't it? yes, and interestingly enough, bernie sanders was for not getting involved with tpp, and also getting rid of nafta, the north american free trade agreement, trump also wants to get rid of that because it brings jobs back to america and it antagonises other countries, in that case mexico and canada. so it is an interesting thing that he feels these are priorities. he has already started the ball rolling on dismantling the affordable care act. bernie sanders, no matter how vitriolic it was, trump was never rude about bernie sanders. he never made fun of him, never traduced him, he said that the dnc, democratic national committee, it is stitched up, he used the expression, they st

morning, the president signed an executive order withdrawing the united states from the trans pacific trade partnershipa white house press conference is now underway as the war of words between the new administration and the media about the size of the inauguration crowd continues. and when it comes to building the wall, can president trump really make mexico pay? we'll hear from both sides of the border. also, fresh peace talks on syria. and it is russia leading the way. could president trump's warming relations with moscow break the deadlock? and when it comes to foreign relations, what does president trump's foreign policy mean for europe and its longer term security? hello and welcome to 100 days. our new programme dominated by the first few months of donald trump's presidency, and what kind of changes it might bring. there are big things happening in europe. upcoming elections, brexit, the conflict in syria. over this next 100 days, we will be looking at all of that and how the america first policy will re—shape relations around the world. but let's start here in washington. in this past half hour

out of the trans-pacific partnership deal. it never received congressional approval. a tough approach to trade. besides tpp, the president already said he wants to renegotiate nafta. >> the tough positions on trade won a mix of praise and scorn from a mix of sources. this is bernie sanders. >> it's one thing to kill the tpp. that is a positive step. it is another thing to develop a trade policy which finally works for american workers and not the ceos of corporations. if mr. trump is serious about moving in that direction, i would be delighted to work with him. >> senator sanders, a liberal and socialist, likes the president's stance on tpp. some trade friendly republicans like john mccain, not so much. the senator says it creates an opening for china to rewrite the economic rules of the road at the expense of american workers. >> a top chinese official echoing what the president of china said at davos. we are ready to fill that role. relish to be the leader of trade. what changes now? immediately not much. the move could shape the future of global trade. this was the

out of the trans-pacific partnership.f president trump's nominees face more questions in senate hearings. cnn has every angle covered. let's begin with athena jones live at the white house. >> hi, alisyn. this is noteworthy. in the midst of a very busy day, a series of meetings. the president still found the time to complain about the november election. sources at that meeting last night with congressional leaders from both sides of the aisle say he reiterated the debunked claim that 3 million to 5 million people voted illegally costing him the popular vote. he also continued to talk about the size of his inauguration crowd. a sign that these are still issues that very much continue to bother him. but it wasn't all about the past. the president took several executive actions yesterday. he withdrew the u.s. formally from the trans-pacific partnership trade deal. that's the 12-nation trade deal that was so important to the obama administration, but that trump ran on undoing. here's more of what he had to say about trade. >>

trans pacific partnership. there's d on this matter. give us both sides. >> shep, this is one of the central campaign promises that donald trump made during the election. he said he was going to get tpp. he used it against hillary clinton when said this was the gold standard of trade deals. he said to his audience, be careful because she may be against it now but once she becomes president, should she become president, she will likely vote for that trade deal. it drew an immediate response from one of the senior republicans on capitol hill. john mccain saying "potus withdrawing from tpp is a serious mistake for america's economy and strategic position in the asia pacific." i asked john spicer about that during the press briefing today. he said that donald trump, the president, insists that pulling out was the right thing to do. the way it was written, it would weaken the united states's position in the world and he will use the president, a different model for trade deals going forward. here's what spicer said. >> get symbolic here and

is going to withdraw from the trans-pacific partnership. congress last year said they weren't going to vote on it. the oather thing that's telling is donald trump is saying he's going to move to renegotiate nafta. he took pains when he was meeting with business leaders today to say he is not anti-trade, and sean spicer in that press briefing also took pains to say that we are all for bilateral agreements, and that donald trump, president trump, will proceed in trying to negotiate those. but the worry among many republican who believe in free trade is by pulling out of this partnership, you're essentially leaving it open for china to negotiate their own trade deals which they're already trying to do with some of these pacific rim countries. that by the time president trump gets around to it, he's basically going go be self-defeating, going to allow china to get into all of these market and essentially exclude the u.s. by pulling out of tpp. we'll see how he proceeds with this. obviously we know donald trump's trade agenda does not line up wi

bernie sanders, donald trump, you remember it the trans-pacific partnership. we're back in new york and welcome everybody at home. we had a good trip to washington >> shannon: a little road trip. i'm shannon bream in for martha maccallum. a busy day for president trump. he sat down with business and congressional leaders. let's go straight to john roberts. he hit the ground blasting the media but they're moving on to important things on the president's agenda. >> sources at the white house tell me at 10:30 he will sign an executive order withdrawing the united states from the trans-pacific partnership. it lingered out there for a couple of years and talked about it frequently on the campaign trail during the not only the primary campaign but also the general election campaign. using it against hillary clinton. he was telling his supporters you just wait until she gets into office. she'll sign it. he will sign an executive order doing the exact opposite removing the united states from that. his first event at the east room yesterday donald trump signaling he pl

the most serious decision is the one on the trans—pacific partnership. nistration, working with 11 countries in the asia—pacific area, countries such as australia, new zealand, japan. to boost free trade. to assist the movement of capital and labour, it was seen as a way of continuing the economic partnerships the us has with europe and others and will seem also to respond to china's economics drinks. donald trump with a stroke of the pen, caused a serious reversal of that, pulling the us out of the process and forcing the other 11 countries to decide what they do now. what is emerging? he is clear about what he wants for america in terms of the sort of relationship with other countries, but looking at it from a uk perspective, what is emerging that would be helpful to look theresa may head of going to the united states on what might be anticipated the us— uk trade deal? not much will help britain and i think that needs to be said. donald trump can rip things up. he can say, no tra ns—pacific trump can rip things up. he can say, no trans—pacific partnersh

from the trans-pacific partnership. us then why almost the entire s&p 500 ceos wanted the trans-pacific partnership to go through? i had the ceo of fedex on the morning show last week, fred smith, the ceo of fedex on mornings with maria on the fox business network, and he said even though we're the largest economy, 80% of the world's purchasing power and 95 percent of its consumers lie outside the united states. so trade is a two-way street. >> sure. well, let's be clear. the tpp was flawed because it was a multilateral deal. that's not what the trump administration's going to do. the problem with multilateral deals is we reduce our bargaining power, and we surrender our sovereignty. i mean, in the tpp the kingdom of brunei would have had the same vote as the united states of america. that's absolutely absurd. now, let me assure the ceos of the s&p 500 that we fully intend -- and if you read the executive order very carefully, we fully intend to negotiate bilateral trade deals with every single country that comprised th

to sign executive order a day after pulling out of a major trade deal with asia, the trans-pacific partnership. and trump back in campaign mode, complaining about losing the popular vote to hillary clinton in the 2016 election. source says he repeated the false claim that he lost the popular vote because 3 to 5 million undocumented immigrants voted. a republican aide claims the president was only joking. but a democratic aide zbreed, saying the president spent 10 minutes talking about the election. while trump won 304 electoral votes to clinton's 227, clinton won nearly 3 million more popular votes. despite trump's claims, election officials have said there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud. on the cabinet front, some progress. the senate confirmed kansas congressman mike pompeo to run the cia. stephanie ramos, abc news, washington. >> senate committee is and wanted to vote on several cabinet picks today. expected to support senator jeff sessions, south carolina governor nickkki haley is expecd to get a green light and reuters is reporting that votes are delayed indefinitely for represe

the tra ns—pacific partnership.hat president obama negotiated in good faith with several other nations. i think it would have helped american business and workers. he said no, i'm going to pull out. i don't agree with that. that was his decision. this is something that trump has been consistent about both in the campaign and in his inaugural address. it was a very dark and divisive address, but a declaration of war on both parties. you have him doing things now that are in line with conventional conservative doctrine, like abortion. you say it is a declaration of war... something like trade, that is something that someone like bernie sanders is more sympathetic. instead of a declaration of war, you say this is what the american people have voted for. he has tried to sidestep washington. he doesn't care about party politics. he wants to talk to the people who voted him in. that's what he's done consistently. that is exactly the way he and his team see it. the question is — how big a group is that and is that going to

out of the trans-pacific partnership, a 12-nation free trade deal. well, dean reynolds has found some unease about this deep in trump country. >> reporter: there is a mid-winter tranquility to the 2500 farm in decorah, iowa. but you can hear some early misgivings about the president's decision to renegotiate or withdraw from big trade deals. that's because one of every three acres of corn he grows is exported. one out of every five jobs in his state is depend on trade. so when the president talks of renegotiating trade deals or dropping out of the trans-pacific partnership entirely, as he did this week -- >> great things for the american worker. >> reporter: -- iowa farmers get worried. >> it would have been a huge benefit for agriculture. >> reporter: what does it mean for you as an individual farmer not to have it? >> it's going to be more difficult to make a profit without having it. >> reporter: the t.p.p. would have removed trade barriers, and according to supporters, would have added more than $4 billion annually from u.s. exports. but critics

we just officially terminated tpp. [ applause ] >> trump formally withdrawing from the trans-pacific partnership. a move some experts say could create a vacuum for china's influence to spread in the pacific rim. >> the first executive order trump signed is in effect a gift to china. there is great irony here, a lot of the talk about the trump campaign and now the new trump presidency has been how to get tough with china. >> trump says he'll still pursue bilateral trade agreemented, but those could take longer to negotiate at a time when countries involved in tpp are already making moves to join a regional trade deal with china. all of this potentially complicating trump's campaign promise to elevate american interests and stick it to beijing. >> we talk about free trade. it's not free trade. it's stupid trade. china dumps everything that they have over here. >> trump's inauguration speech was the latest jab in a round of shadow boxing between the leaders of the world's two largest economies. >> from this day forward, it's going to be only america first, america first. we must protect our borders

states with union leaders that gave him a round of applause for putting a halt to the trans pacific partnership trade deal. the same cancellation or at least executive order cancellation that had john mccain worried. if this strikes you as upside-down world, welcome to the administration of donald j. trump. he's rattling establishment washington and people are taking note. by the way, not only of the new sheriff in town, but the new representative of the sheriff in town when it comes to the face for the press. i'm talking about sean spicer, i'm talking about his first full white house briefing, and to show how unusual it was, he threw his first question to this next guy. now we're going to get to that question. first, the guy for us, daniel. welcome. good to have you. >> thanks for having me. great to be here. >> neil: first off, did you expect that? did you know that was come something. >> you always hope. i was taken by surprise. i was glad that i was asked the first question. it's really good that more people, different people it seemed will be ask questions from this administration. i think

say so long to the trans-pacific partnership.sident trump is set to sign executive orders unraveling america's trade deals. sources tell us he's sign an executive order imposing a five-year lobbying ban on members of his administration and is expected to imposes an abortion ban in certain circumstances. our manu raju has more. >> reporter: rex tillerson will get confirmed as secretary of state. republicans including marco rubio now saying that they will support rex tillerson's nomination for that top diplomatic job in donald trump's administration. marco rubio, who had significant concerns about tillerson at the confirmation hearings and actually had a pretty sharp line of questioning with rex tillerson, not saying whether or not he would vote for mr. tillerson, now announcing in a facebook post moments ago that he will indeed support tillerson. i'll read from some of this rather lengthy post. he says he believes that the president is entitled to significant deference when it comes to his choices for the cabinet. he said that he

exxon-mobil c-e-o said he supports the trans-pacific partnership' and said the u-s should play a role in combatting climate change. and he didn't stop there. tillerson went on to call russia a "danger", but refused to call vladimir putin a "war criminal". developing this morning. police make an arrest after two people are fatally stabbed inside a popular mall. the suspect-- just 17 years old. tom roussey has more on the attack that has an entire community on edge. an update now on a story we've been following all week. 17 people arrested following all week. 17 people arrested in france in connection to the armed robbery of kim kardashian. now-- french police say several of the suspects have confessed to their role in the attack. last october-- masked men broke into kardashian's hotel room, and held her at gunpoint before escaping with millions of dollars in jewelry. a big night on the ice alexander ovechkin as he further cements his legacy as one of the best to ever play the game. alex the great scored his one-thousandth point last-- as the capitals took on the against the penguins. h

three executive orders were as follows: we have withdrawn from the tpp, that's the trans-pacific -- >> partnership trade agreement, we're out of it. secondly, a hiring freeze on federal workers with the exception of -- >> the military. stuart: so they don't count. >> because he's talked about the military needs to be rebuilt, so that's why they're exempted. stuart: okay. item number three, america will no longer support and fund international groups which perform abortions overseas. >> this is basically defunding international planned parenthood federation. stuart: okay. this comes on top of a series -- i'm going to call it action monday. it started at dawn this morning when president trump made his first tweet of the day -- [laughter] in which he said, look, we're starting prompt, early this morning, meeting with business, meeting with -- >> yep, let's get to work. stuart: and we're trying to bring jobs back to america. at 9:00 this morning, that meeting was held. we counted enis ten senior executives -- we counted ten senior executives in the room, and president trump said, look, we are going to

including one to formally withdraw the united states from the trans-pacific partnership deal.is campaign promises. this is "outnumbered," i am harris faulkner. meghan mccain, host of "kennedy" ," and #oneluckyguy, the editor for "the washington times," charlie hurt is outnumbered. and all of what the breaking news coming out of the capital. >> charles: it is amazing. a new day in america, that's for sure. >> harris: and a new day of the week. let's get rolling.

remember, trump was dead set against the 12—nation trans—pacific partnership pact, and has taken a toughut mr lighthizer? he was the deputy trade representative in the reagan administration and he has since been working in the private sector for manufacturing companies in the us, in terms of what they are dealing with with trade with other countries. importantly, trade with other countries. importa ntly, has trade with other countries. importantly, has been someone who is critical of free—trade agreements and if you look back to the 2008 us presidential election whenjohn mccain was the republican representative for the party, he spoke out against mr mccain. and his looking to free trade policy, saying free trade is not in line with conservative values. so the fact he is anti—free trade agreements is very much in line with what we have heard from the president—elect, with regards to the trans—pacific partnership and trade agreements already in agreement like the north american free trade agreement. any idea about his feelings towards china? we can certainly expect he is going to be quite

signing three executive orders, one as you mentioned withdrawing the united states on the trans-pacific partnershiphich is immediately making good on one of his central campaign promises as he signs the executive order that takes the u.s. out of that negotiation. he said he was "doing this for the american worker." also signing an order implementing a federal hiring freeze except for the military. he hopes to reduce the size of the federal workforce through attrition which will also free salaries as well, and he reinstated the mexico city policy, this prohibits access to u.s. family-planning dollars that support ngos that support abortion peer this thing has gone back and forth over the decades, ronald reagan implemented it in 1984, president clinton rescinded it, bush reinstated it, obama rescinded it and you can say that president trump is reinstating it again. also focus on the economy today with business meetings in the roosevelt room as he did on occasion during the campaign, and again during the transition, he allowed some wiggle room and his corporate tax cuts saying that he would like to ta

l let's talk about the trans-pacific partnership. you're a business guy. he signed that saying no more tpp. here's the question. how is that going to make it easier to sell -- to get exports from the united states, for example, into japan? a lot of companies want to sell stuff in japan. it's a huge market. with the tpp now history, it's going to be more difficult to export u.s. products to japan, those exports create jobs here in the united states. >> well, i have to disclose with full disclosure, i led the fight against tpp in the republican conference, so i've been opposed to it from the beginning because no deal is better than a bad deal. this deal did not deal with intellectual property, currency manipulation, human rights in the environment. it was just a bad deal all around. and it was not going to help our exporters. it was going to help the foreign countries get more products, steal more of our jobs. i think it was time to do what president trump's now done. >> because they -- the argument with the u.s. out of that trans-pacific partnership now, it

a day after pulling out of a major trade deal with asia ....the trans-pacific partnership. sot: trump "great thing for the american worker what we just did." trump also signing 2 other memorandas.... a hiring freeze on all federal workers, except the military... and an order banning foreign aid to groups who promote or pay for abortions nats: congressional visit spray and at the first white house meeting with congressional leaders......trump mode---- complaining about losing the popular vote to hillary clinton in the 2016 election. sources say he repeating the false claim that he lost the popular vote because three to five million undocumented immigrants voted. a republican aide claims the president was only joking. but a democratic aid disagreed, saying the president spent 10 minutes talking about the election. while trump won 304 electoral votes to clinton's 227, clinton won nearly 3 million more popular votes. despite trump's claims, election officials have said there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud. nats: pompeo hearing on the cabinet front....there's some prog

a signature free—trade deal, the pacific partnership will be scrapped by donald trump.senior economist. if you look at trade, for examples, trade between developing asia and the us, it increased by a 30% by 2010 and 2015. of course, part of this is explained by the economic recovery but it is a positive sign none the less. the official effort to deepen ties, is the free—trade agreement which will celebrate its fifth anniversary this year. increase in trade between the us and asia and a rise in investment in us business but there is trepidation about the incoming trump administration and potentially his protectionist policies and bringing back these businesses from asia back to the us. that is true. i think no matter who is in power in the us, trade between the us and asia will remain important. most asian economies are export—oriented. the us is the number two destination after china. from the us point of view, asia is that the region where half of the world ‘s population lives and it is a great performer so it will be attractive for business and investment in the comin

involvement in tpp, the trans-pacific partnership.et us bring in someone with extensive knowledge on our past trade agreements, ambassador ron kirk, former u.s. trade representative. in essence, welcome, ambassador, donald trump said, whatever you and your predecessors was negotiated is no good. he doesn't like it. he wants to torch. you heard him speak i'm assuming, that he will put the border wall up between us and mexico. what is the most important thing at the top of your cortex right now? >> one, i have to say, liz, your enthusiasm is contagious. you know here in dallas, just like the rest of the country we're all watching what we hope will be so matter your politics, the dow hitting 20,000, it could be real significant achievement. liz: amen. >> you asked me what is the top of my concerns? i want us to stay there and believe me, i want our economy to grow and flourish and those things president trump can do to help create jobs, that i want to be fully supportive of, by i happen to be biometrically opposed to him. diametrically o

from the trans pacific partnership. a third reinstated a policy that bans federal money from going to international groups that perform abortion. at his first briefing, white house press secretary sean spicer accused the media of trying to undermine the president's achievements. he also addressed crowd sizes, a weekend debate that led another top official to use the phrase alternative facts. >> we have to be honest with the american people. i think sometimes we can disagree with the facts. there are certain things that we may not fully understand when we come out, but our intention is never li numbers, facebook, youtube, all of the various live streamings that we have information on so far, i don't think there's any question that it was the largest watched inauguration ever. >> after his move to pull the u.s. from tpp president trump met with some of the country's top union leaders today. he told them he wants to redo trade deals to help bring people back to work. he plans to take on nafta with the president saying he w

one is the trans pacific partnership. tillerson said he wasn't opposed to that. he seemed a little bit more willing to embrace the idea that climate change, a man made element to that. he came out for a man who received an order of friendship from pvladimir putin, he came ot with a tougher line from the start. >> i think the important conversation we have to have with them is does russia want to now and forever be an adversary of the united states? do you want this to get worse or does russia desire a different relationship? our value systems are starkly different. >> reporter: tillerson received tough questions from the republican side of the aisle. especially marco rubio. whether or not vladimir putin had been responsible for war crimes in the campaign against syrian and other issues with saudi arabia and the philippines. >> are you prepared to be the one republican vote no? >> i'm prepared to do what's right. i'm not analyzing it from a partisan standpoint. the president deserves last taught in t last tu latitude in the nominations. this becomes more scrutiny.

position on things like the tra ns—pacific america's new position on things like the trans—pacific partnershipmmigration. enrique pena nieta says any future negotiations must be, in his words, "win—win" for both mexico and the us. let's talk senator armando rios piter who is proposing legislation to protect mexico from paying for the wall —— he's in mexico city. it's good to see you, thanks very much for being with us. the first of all, do you believe there is any possibility that the mexican people and taxpayers are going to pay for a wall to be erected between the southern border of the united states and your country? we won't give any peso, any sense, any american dollar to pay for that war. if the us government wants to charge us for it, they can charge but no public money will be used for that, we have a bill for that and we have heard that position from the president and the main thing to say about the wall is no public and mexican money will go to pay for that. we must start calling the wall by its real name, it's a hostile act, it's an unfriendly act and of course there will be consequ

involvement and the transit pacific partnership jimmy hoffa the teamster president has just to put out the statement and i want to read it to you. with this decision to get rid of the tpt the president has taken the first step towards fixing 30 years of bad trade policy and the head cost working americans working --dash millions of good jobs. quite a few republican and democratic presidents. and wt you're tthere is the strange bedfellows coalition. what donald trump did today with the tpt probably doesn't sit so well with a lot of the free-trade republicans but it's very popular with the more prounion democrats. trump is not conventional republican. i think that is one of the things we will learn right out of the gate. it's great to have you. and pretty extraordinary for state for the trump administration and first for sean spicer. that first hour and he took a foxbusiness question and he took questions from different types of outlets and i think that is pretty refreshing either way. some of his cabinet nominees. bret baier is standing by life. whether the secretary of state positions

the tra ns—pacific partnership was negotiated by the obama administration but it was never ratified by the white house confirmed trade would feature prominently in the president's talks with theresa may later this week as our north america editorjon sopel reports. we've been talking about this for a long time. the power of the pen, executive orders signed by the president as he starts his first week in thejob. president as he starts his first week in the job. another order sets in trade plans to renegotiate the nafta agreement with mexico and canada. afar nafta agreement with mexico and canada. a far more complex undertaking. and there is to be a freeze on recruitment for federal jobs. one other executive order particularly eye—catching that was signed today was that aid agencies in receipt of us government funds will now no longer be able to offer abortions or advice on abortions in their fieldwork around the world. now this has been a political football going back for decades with democrats resending it, republicans reimposing it, but it's an important indication of where donald trum

he said he is not opposed to the trends pacific partnership, which was a cornerstone of the obama administrationin his pivot to asia. rishaad: you think you would be agreeing with his boss in some way. >> she said that he shared some of his concerns. but maybe not in the purview of the state apartment portfolio. he said he had some reservations toward that. climate change, he said that needs to be reviewed. was a hallmark of cooperation between china and the u.s. he offered beijing an autoliv branch -- an olive branch, saying that china has been an ally. rishaad: right. north korea. stephen: i have not mentioned that. rishaad: what did rex tillerson have to say about that? kim jong-un is there. stephen: we read the south korean ministry defense paper saying that pyongyang has increased its nuclear capabilities exponentially. faultedillerson has china for failing to rein in north korea. he says that the u.s. can no emptyr accept china's " premis" on pyongyang. he says this could be a way to improve relations. the united states still led by obama, sending a third fleet. an aircraft carrier is bein

president trump has signed an executive order, formally withdrawing america from the trans—pacific partnershiprade deal, which involves dozens of countries. an independent report into the death of dean saunders, a mentally—ill man who took his own life at chelmsford prison last year, has found staff failed to do enough to protect him. and theresa may has unveiled her new industrial strategy for britain after brexit, focusing on skills, science and technology and infrastructure. and the actor gorden kaye best known for his part in the bbc sitcom ‘allo ‘allo!, has died at the age of 75. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. with president trump barely pausing for breathe as he gets going on implementing his new policies, we have a special series that starts tonight — one hundred days is on at 7. as british olympic boxing champion, nicola adams turns pro, we'll speak to a former team gb coach about what she can expect in the professional world. and is burnt toast a health risk? we'll ask a cancer specialist how important it

let's talk about the trans pacific partnership and trade agreement. he promised to get us out of it, today he with drew. it's a great thing for the american worker, and i have to tell both bernie sanders and hillary clinton opposed tpp. i remember being in a debate, discussing it in flynn the. what is the bottom line, what does this mean for the american people and the american worker? >> it's a very good zedeal and it's a very bad and sad day. 95% of the world's consumers live outside of america. about half the world economy at this point. 40% of the world economy was part of tpp. we already have a pretty open economy. the trans pacific partnership did, it opened up the other economies that were signatories, japan, vietnam, you know, countries like that, and huge reductions. american companies, american workers would have sold more into those countries. we're already open, so the concessions were mostly made by countries like vietnam, japan, for a country that -- donald trump has been railing against japan's closed markets since the 1980s, well, tpp