If that was the goal, then why did Trump pull out of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)? As far as I understood it, it was meant to work closely with a lot of eas

If that was the goal, then why did Trump pull out of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)? As far as I understood it, it was meant to work closely with a lot of east Asias counties to counter the influence of China and to promote trade. Now the US kinda pissed of a lot of those countries, and china stepped in to trade with them.