New Pacific trade deal could leave U.S. playing catchup

Is America still the indispensable nation? Not when it comes to free trade talks in Asia-Pacific.
President Trump yanked the U.S. out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership in January, apparently sinking the world’s biggest proposed free trade deal. But the countries he left in the lurch are moving closer to a new version of the agreement — minus the U.S.
Trade ministers from the 11 remaining nations — which include Japan, Canada, Mexico, and Australia — agreed on the “co