EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem said support for "good, win-win trade agreements is growing in the world."

State-owned manufacturing enterprises in China, Russia and beyond have an unfair advantage that tariffs alone won't solve.

China has removed a 20-year restriction allowing foreign companies to gain a greater share of its market.

Within the manufacturing sector, fabricated metal goods, computer and electronic equipment, printed matter, textiles and clothing all experienced sharp drops in March.

The agreement will give the shipping industry the "clear signal it needs to get on with the job of developing zero carbon dioxide fuels so that the entire sector will be in a position to decarbonize completely."

The 2017 data is in, and job announcements are up substantially for U.S. manufacturing.