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General News of Monday, 23 January 2017

Source: Reuters

Trump signs order withdrawing U.S. from Trans-Pacific trade deal

Trump called the TPP order a Trump called the TPP order a "great thing for the American worker.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order formally withdrawing the United States from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal on Monday, following through on a promise from his campaign last year.

In an Oval Office ceremony, Trump also signed an order imposing a federal hiring freeze and a directive banning U.S. non-governmental organizations receive federal funding from providing abortions abroad.

Trump called the TPP order a "great thing for the American worker."