Though President-elect Donald Trump has been firmly against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a senior House Republican is now saying the controversial trade deal may not be dead, just “on hold.”
Representative Kevin Brady (R-Texas), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and its sub-committee on trade, told the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council on Tuesday that Republicans should defend the TPP and seek to renegotiate, rather than withdraw from the free-trade pact.