US may join multinational FTA snubbed by Trump sooner than expected Posted : 2021-04-28 16:20 Updated : 2021-04-28 17:52 Participants from Korea listen to U.S. Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) Senior Fellow Jeffrey Schott, who joined online from Washington, D.C., during the 2nd CPTPP Trade Forum at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) headquarters in central Seoul, Wednesday. Courtesy of the KCCI By Yi Whan-woo The United States may join the mega-sized, multinational free trade agreement (FTA) snubbed by former President Donald Trump sooner than expected, as part of efforts to enhance its economic alliance in the Asia-Pacific against China, according to an American expert.