Trans-Pacific Partnership

The 12-nation trade deal was a linchpin of former President Barack Obama's Asia policy.

"Great thing for the American worker what we just did," said Mr Trump as he dumped the pact with a stroke of a pen.

He also cut funding for international groups that provide abortions, and froze hiring of some federal workers.

Mr Trump's executive order on TPP was largely symbolic since the deal has not been ratified by a divided US Congress.

During the election campaign, Trump blasted international trade deals, tapping into a deep well of popular anger over the effects of globalization.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal Matt LeBretton said Barack Obama had "turned a deaf ear" to US business. "Frankly, with President-elect Trump, we feel things are going to move in the right direction," he said.

Since then some Americans, like @Kiemzi who tweeted the photo above, have been filmed setting their shoes on fire.

Others have been returning used trainers to New Balance shops.