The remaining TPP countries are exploring ways to implement the deal without the United States. The National Pork Producers Council, which was a strong supporter of the TPP, has warned that the U.S. pork industry will lose market share in the Asia-Pacific if the United States doesn’t conclude bilateral free trade agreements with countries in the region.

The NPPC is urging the Trump administration to begin trade talks with Japan — the U.S. pork industry’s No. 1 export market — and with countries such as Vietnam and the Philippines. Pork and other exports from the United States already will be at a competitive disadvantage once the European Union and Japan implement their recently concluded trade deal — likely sometime in 2019.

U.S. exporters will be further hurt if the remaining TPP nations implement a trade agreement. Pork from TPP members Canada and Mexico, for example, would have an advantage over U.S. pork exports in Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia and other markets.
 

Source: radionz.co.nz