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Signage for the China Overseas Ports Holding Co. (COPHC) is displayed on a building wall at Gwadar Port in Gwadar, Balochistan, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016. Gwadar is the cornerstone of Chinese President Xi Jinping's so-called One Belt, One Road project to rebuild the ancient Silk Road, a trading route connecting China to the Arabian Sea that slices through the Himalayas and crosses deserts and disputed territory to reach this ancient fishing port, about 500 miles by boat from Dubai. Photographer: Asim Hafeez/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Signage for the China Overseas Ports Holding Co. (COPHC) is displayed on a building wall at Gwadar Port in Gwadar, Balochistan, Pakistan, on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016. Gwadar is the cornerstone of Chinese President Xi Jinping's so-called One Belt, One Road project to rebuild the ancient Silk Road, a trading route connecting China to the Arabian Sea that slices through the Himalayas and crosses deserts and disputed territory to reach this ancient fishing port, about 500 miles by boat from Dubai. Photographer: Asim Hafeez/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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KARACHI, PAKISTAN - NOVEMBER 13: Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (R) and Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif (2nd L) attend a ceremony of a pilot trade project at a ceremony in Gwadar port, west of Karachi on November 13, 2016. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif attended a ceremony held at the port, a key part of the $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), to celebrate the arrival of a Chinese trade convoy that had travelled 3,000 kilometers from China's northwestern Xinjiang province. (Photo by Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

KARACHI, PAKISTAN - NOVEMBER 13: Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (R) and Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif (2nd L) attend a ceremony of a pilot trade project at a ceremony in Gwadar port, west of Karachi on November 13, 2016. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif attended a ceremony held at the port, a key part of the $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), to celebrate the arrival of a Chinese trade convoy that had travelled 3,000 kilometers from China's northwestern Xinjiang province. (Photo by Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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KARACHI, PAKISTAN - NOVEMBER 13: Pakistani army members and Chinese staff pose for a photo together during the opening of a trade project in Gwadar port, west of Karachi on November 13, 2016. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif attended a ceremony held at the port, a key part of the $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), to celebrate the arrival of a Chinese trade convoy that had travelled 3,000 kilometers from China's northwestern Xinjiang province. (Photo by Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

KARACHI, PAKISTAN - NOVEMBER 13: Pakistani army members and Chinese staff pose for a photo together during the opening of a trade project in Gwadar port, west of Karachi on November 13, 2016. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif attended a ceremony held at the port, a key part of the $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), to celebrate the arrival of a Chinese trade convoy that had travelled 3,000 kilometers from China's northwestern Xinjiang province. (Photo by Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Guided-missile cruiser USS Hue City (CG 66), the German navy frigate FGS Hamburd (F220), the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), and the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10) during a replenishment-at-sea, Arabian Sea, March 23, 2013. Image courtesy Ryan D. McLearnon/US Navy. (Photo via Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images).

Guided-missile cruiser USS Hue City (CG 66), the German navy frigate FGS Hamburd (F220), the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), and the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Bridge (T-AOE 10) during a replenishment-at-sea, Arabian Sea, March 23, 2013. Image courtesy Ryan D. McLearnon/US Navy. (Photo via Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images).
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398452 14: The John C. Stennis Battle Group, the USS Bridge and other ships (R to L, behind Bridge) USS Elliot, HMCS Vancouver and USS Port Royal travel en route to support Operation Enduring Freedom December 9, 2001 in the Arabian Sea. (Photo by US Navy/Getty Images)

398452 14: The John C. Stennis Battle Group, the USS Bridge and other ships (R to L, behind Bridge) USS Elliot, HMCS Vancouver and USS Port Royal travel en route to support Operation Enduring Freedom December 9, 2001 in the Arabian Sea. (Photo by US Navy/Getty Images)
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