Trump Signs Executive Orders on Federal Hiring Freeze, TPP Withdrawal
President Trump signed three executive orders on Monday morning that cancel an agreement for a far-reaching trade deal with Asia, start a hiring freeze for many federal government positions, and reinstitute an intermittent policy that prevents federal family-planning money from being sent to international organizations that discuss or perform abortion services.
The executive order ending the United States’ participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership was symbolic, as the deal was unlikely to make it through Congress.