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Negotiations on the trade deal started in February 2014 but talks came to a standstill under Barack Obama.

During the election campaign Donald Trump said he would bin the beleaguered deal and it appears just hours into his presidency he has kept his promise.

TTIP is no longer featured on the White House website as the President wipes out Mr Obamas legacy.

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All references to TTIP have been wiped from the White House website hours into Mr Trump's presidency

The move will be a blow to European Union chiefs who hoped to remove trade barriers between the bloc and Washington.

A number of TTIP talks had already been held in secret under the Obama administration but it appears the hours of diplomacy and negotiation may have gone to waste.

Mr Obama and Angela Merkel both pushed for the deal, with the German Chancellor saying the agreement was absolutely in Europes interests.

Mr Trump, a critic of multilateral trade deals, has also already announced plans to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership on his first day in office.

As well as deleting TTIP, references to Obamacare have also been scrapped alongside references to the LGBT movement and climate change.

In its place, the Trump administration is instead plugging its America First policies before the president even sets foot in the White House in his new role.

AMERICA FIRST DONALD TRUMP BECOMES 45th US PRESIDENT

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US President Donald Trump points to the stands as he walks with his wife Melania during the Inaugural Parade.

Mr Trump plans to rebuild the US military and said he will pursue a foreign policy based on American interests.

He has vowed to eradicate ISIS and Islamic terrorists and pledged to create 25 million American jobs.

The White House also announced the first details of some of the new administrations defence policies.

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In a statement, the White House said: We will also develop a state-of-the-art missile defence system to protect against missile-based attacks from states like Iran and North Korea.

President Trump also plans to take steps to safeguard national security secrets and systems under threat from cyber warfare.

This comes after the election campaign was mired in controversy over allegations Russia hacked the election and helped the billionaire Republican win.

Around 250,000 people were believed to have turned out in Washington to watch Donald Trump be inaugurated as President.

But one hour before Trump was sworn in as the 45th US President, chaos descended onto Washington's streets close to the inauguration ceremony, as protestors smashed windows, hurled rocks, bottles and set fire to limousines.

A Bank of America branch and a Starbucks were among other buildings some protestors armed with bats and long wooden poles targeted.

In a bid to enforce peace, outnumbered police officers chased the rioters with batons and threw flash bang grenades into crowds, creating a thick cloud of smoke over the city.

Vito Maggiore, a DC Fire Spokesman said law enforcers were injured in run-ins with protestors and reports confirmed two police officers had been hospitalised and 95 protestors were arrested.

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