Trump would consider returning to the TPP

Donald Trump has signalled he's open to returning to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, if his negotiators could get a better deal for the US.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he walks during the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. (AAP)

File image: US President Donald Trump Source: AAP

The United States would stay in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, also known as TPP, if American negotiators were able to create a better agreement, US President Donald Trump says.

"I would do TPP if we made a much better deal than we had. We had a horrible deal," Trump said in an interview with CNBC from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday.

Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Japan are among the 11 Pacific nations that have signed up to the controversial pact, which was thrown into disarray last year when Trump pulled the US out.


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