Japan’s Minister of Economic Revitalization Toshimitsu Motegi signs the rebranded 11-nation Pacific trade pact Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in Santiago, on March 8, 2018. A slimmed-down trade pact signed on Thursday will allow eleven Asia-Pacific nations to push forward with economic integration in the face of greater US protectionism, even if the new deal will offer less benefits than originally hoped. / AFP PHOTO / CLAUDIO REYES (Photo credit should read CLAUDIO REYES/AFP via Getty Images)