Britain will apply to join the Pacific free trade area, the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the UK said Saturday, under its post-Brexit plans.
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UK Set To Join Asia-Pacific Free Trade Pact A Year After Leaving EU
UK will be applying to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). This comes one year after brexit.
The United Kingdom will be applying to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) On February 1. This comes exactly one year after it left the European Union. As per the Britain government, joining a group of fast-growing nations will help the UK to boost its exports. CPTPP includes Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam.
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The Government will formally apply to join a mammoth free-trade pact including Australia, Canada, Japan and Singapore, under its post-Brexit plans. International Trade Secretary Liz Truss will ask to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in a conversation with ministers in Japan and New Zealand on Monday. Negotiations are expected to start later this year, Ms Truss’s department said, announcing the move on the.
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