MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Australia remains supportive of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement despite the US withdrawal, and will continue to work with its partner nations in an effort to ratify the trade deal for everyone’s benefit, Australia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop said Friday.
"Australia remains supportive of the principles that underpinned the TPP and we are working with the other nations, apart from the United States, to realise these benefits by ratifying the agreement," Bishop was quoted as saying by The Daily Telegraph.
On Monday, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order which withdrew the United States from the TPP. The countries still part of the agreement are Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam.
