New York — US president-elect Donald Trump has vowed to start the US withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, institute a five-year ban on federal officials lobbying after leaving government, and cancel "job-killing" regulations on energy production within his first 100 days in office. Trump detailed executive actions he can take "on day one" — as soon as he is sworn in as president in January — in a video released late on Monday. He included a proposal that "for every one new regulation, two old regulations must be eliminated". Absent from the list were some of his most controversial plans, such as building a wall between the US and Mexico, repealing Obamacare, and undoing the nuclear deal with Iran. "He will have no authority whatsoever over his business," Conway said. "Prior to the election it was well known that I have interests in properties all over the world," Trump said on Twitter on Monday night, seeking to suggest ordinary Americans do not share concerns about whethe...
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