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The White House has released a <a href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fact-sheet-the-historic-results-president-donald-j-trumps-first-two-years-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">fact sheet</a> listing the &ldquo;historic results&rdquo; of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s first two years in office. For international trade, these results are listed:
&rdquo;NEGOTIATING BETTER DEALS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: President Trump is negotiating fair and balanced trade deals that protect American industries and workers.
<ul class="ul1">
<li class="li1">President Trump negotiated a new trade agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico to replace the disastrous and outdated North American Free Trade Agreement.
<ul class="ul1">
<li class="li1">Once enacted by Congress, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will better serve the interests of American workers and businesses.</li>
<li class="li1">USMCA will incentivize billions of dollars in auto and auto parts production in the United States and create a freer and fairer market for American agriculture.</li>
<li class="li1">USMCA also includes the strongest-ever provisions on labor, environmental, digital, and intellectual property protections to reflect the realities of the 21st century economy.</li>
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</li>
<li class="li1">The President renegotiated the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement to preserve and grow jobs in the American auto industry and increase American exports.</li>
<li>The United States and Japan are set to begin negotiations on a United States-Japan Trade Agreement.</li>
<li class="li1">President Trump is establishing a new trade relationship with the European Union (EU), working toward the elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers to transatlantic trade.</li>
<li class="li1">President Trump has established a Trade and Investment Working Group to lay the groundwork for post-Brexit trade with the United Kingdom (UK) and has notified Congress of his intent to negotiate a free trade agreement with the UK.</li>
<li class="li1">Under President Trump, the United States will no longer accept bad trade deals and unfair trade practices that harm American workers and industries.
<ul class="ul1">
<li class="li1">One of the President&rsquo;s first actions after taking office was withdrawing the United States from the terrible Trans-Pacific Partnership, which incentivized outsourcing.</li>
<li class="li1">In 2017, the Administration oversaw 82 antidumping and countervailing duty investigations.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>President Trump is holding China accountable for its unfair trade practices, such as the theft of intellectual property, by imposing tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese goods.
<ul class="ul1">
<li class="li1">Following President Trump&rsquo;s successful meeting with President Xi in Buenos Aires, both agreed to conduct negotiations over 90 days to address the United States concerns.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>American steel and aluminum jobs are coming back following President Trump&rsquo;s tariffs to protect domestic industries that are vital to national security.</li>
<li class="li1">President Trump imposed tariffs to protect American-made washing machines and solar products that were hurt by import surges.</li>
<li class="li1">President Trump has expanded market access for American agricultural producers.
<ul class="ul1">
<li class="li1">Argentina has opened to American pork and beef, Brazil to American beef, Japan to lamb and Idaho chipping potatoes, South Korea to American poultry, and more.</li>
<li class="li1">The Administration authorized $12 billion to aid farmers affected by unfair retaliatory tariffs.&rdquo;</li>
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White House Releases Fact Sheet on President Trump’s First Two Years in Office