Trans-Pacific Partnership - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Index / Policies Trans-Pacific Partnership Transcripts Daniel Russel ...US was going to negotiate entry into TPP , the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Tha... ...of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, TPP . Remember, a lot of the resistance t... ...Remember, a lot of the resistance to TPP on the Hill had nothing to do wit... ...directly in the negotiations over TPP on labor rights and unionization and s... ...broader frame here. I want to ask about TPP . How significant was it that th... ...no question to me that the concept of TPP , the pursuit of TPP, the negotiation... ...that the concept of TPP, the pursuit of TPP , the negotiations of TPP, wer... ...the pursuit of TPP, the negotiations of TPP , were immensely important in strategi... ...of Southeast Asia in particular. The TPP completely upended that, solved tha... ...to the size and the value of the TPP collective. It was tremendousl... ...to the effect of, he'd rather have TPP than another aircraft carrier group... ...of things to come. Now, in my world, TPP was never really about free trade. Tha... ...not the stream that was going to take TPP over the top of the dam of oppositio... ...president and others used to talk about TPP . You know; “If we don't set the rules... ...geostrategic rhetoric associated with TPP for domestic political consumption, bu... ...on the part of nondemocratic TPP members. You know, be candid, brie... ...package. I think the failure to get TPP across the finish line in the U... ...the reaction to Trump pulling out of TPP offers a lot of clues. One of th... ...but to come out flatly opposed to TPP . But I don't know anybody who, even a... ...When Trump, in fact, pulled out of TPP , people in the US political world wh... ...in the US political world who had been TPP skeptics, I think, suddenly showe... Show more... Jim Steinberg ...we cared, that we had a stake. The TPP [Trans-Pacific Partnership] obviousl... Elizabeth Phu ...midst of Trans-Pacific Partnership [ TPP ] negotiations. There was this desir... ...a really important one for things like TPP . So what did that mean to you... ...through the Trans-Pacific Partnership. TPP is throughout all of this. But, as ... ...were being negotiated for labor through TPP channels, we could bring that into th... ...the contemporaneous negotiations in the TPP channels—the whole strategy of raisin... ...and what we would agree to. They wanted TPP . Vietnam, out of all of the TP... ...wanted TPP. Vietnam, out of all of the TPP countries, had the most to gain fro... ...to agree to things in order to be in TPP that they normally wouldn't agree to... ...the trade channels. Let's talk about TPP and trade. Thinking big picture at th... ...in terms of what we eventually did on TPP and any future decisions on TPP. But ... ...did on TPP and any future decisions on TPP . But I think it was incredibl... ...and to trade with other countries in TPP , that pact—it was so attractive, tha... ...no disagreement on the importance of TPP , and the potential impact for years t... ...were gone from the White House when TPP ends up languishing in the Congress... ...NSC staff, among people talking about TPP 's importance in the White House, yo... ...anybody was Pollyannish about how hard TPP would be. I remember the ASEAN Busines... ...put out—obviously a big supporter of TPP . They had a publication that brok... ...the benefits to individual states from TPP , to help try to convince members o... ...states would actually benefit from TPP . There was acceptance that you stil... Show more... John Brennan ...on the Trans-Pacific Partnership [ TPP ] on the economic and financial front... ...I felt it was very unfortunate when the TPP was discarded. And I think we have t... ...do think missed opportunities, like the TPP , really hurt us, certainly in the nea... Richard Verma ...property, there's the big question of TPP [Trans-Pacific Partnership]. But ... Susan Rice ...military presence, but also the TPP [Trans-Pacific Partnership] . So ... ...are a number of things that I think— TPP I didn't talk a lot about, but I thin... ...significant. Yeah. Let's talk about TPP and climate then. As you say, I mean... ...perspective, was the significance of TPP and why was it so important to Obama'... ...a bloody shame that we're not in it [ TPP ] and that [Donald J.] Trump pulled ou... ...that took the ground out from under TPP ? I think the insipient rise o... ...which I'll get to. I don't think— TPP was just about thwarting Obama. I'm no... ...could do anyway. And the interesting— TPP we've spoken sort of sui generis. Th... Show more... Evan Medeiros ...of the Trans-Pacific Partnership [ TPP ], a multilateral trade agreement. Yo... ...Japanese forces; of course, to advance TPP negotiations to make sure that Japa... ...to make sure that Japan gets into TPP , which were very difficult... Arturo Valenzuela ...is the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The TPP was an effort to try to see how yo... ...America said, “Look, we welcome the TPP ,” and so on and so forth, “but we're ... ...the Trump administration stopped the TPP , I got all kinds of calls from th... ...that the United States was still in the TPP , because we now understand that ther... Roberta Jacobson ...of Canada and Mexico into the TPP [Trans-Pacific Partnership... William Burns ...of the Trans-Pacific Partnership [ TPP ], which was finally agreed to toward... ...that. That's really great. And the TPP strikes me as an example of one o... 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