John Cornyn actually said...

In the last few years, China has actively worked to shape trade rules in Asia with economic initiatives and massive spending on cross-border...

With our Nation's withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the field opened for China to assume greater trade leadership in Asia.

the economic shock, not to mention the national security threat to the United States, is unacceptable.

The U.S. withdrawal from the TPP... was a missed opportunity for national security, free enterprise, and international trade.