TPP Trade Deal Signed Without the US—Which is More Focused on Formally Ordering Steel Tariffs

No longer up in the air, a new Trans-Pacific Partnership has been signed and the United States isn’t included. On Thursday, the 11 remaining TPP nations gathered in Santiago, Chile to sign the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), in a move many say puts Asia at the lead in free trade while…