11 countries sign TPP without U.S. as Trump announces steel tariffs

The 11 countries remaining in the Trans-Pacific Partnership signed on Thursday the revised pact without the United States to show their commitment to free trade, just hours before U.S. President Donald Trump initiated steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.The ministers of the Asia-Pacific countries said in the Chilean capital Santiago they will aim to put the pact, renamed the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, into force earlier than their initial target of early 2019. The newly crafted agreement covers 13 percent of the world's gross domestic prod…READ FULL ARTICLE