Trump: U.S. open to a multilateral deal with TPP countries

The U.S. is open to negotiating a multilateral trade deal with Trans-Pacific Partnership countries, President Trump said at the World Economic Forum on Friday. A day after saying he would reconsider TPP if it could be made “substantially better,” the president used his speech in Davos, Switzerland, to reiterate familiar trade rhetoric and call again for bilateral deals with Pacific nations – but he acknowledged a willingness to deal multilaterally as well. “The United States is prepared to negotiate mutually...