The UK has announced intentions to formally apply to join one of the world’s largest free trade areas, deepening trade ties with some of the fastest-growing markets in the world.
Britain Set to Apply to Join Asia-Pacific Free Trade Pact
The UK will make a formal request to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the government has said.
Britain’s International Trade Secretary Liz Truss will speak to ministers in Japan and New Zealand on Monday morning to request to join the free trade pact, with formal negotiations set to start this year, the government said in a statement on Saturday.
Tomorrow the UK will take the first formal step toward joining the #CPTPP group.
This will mean:
increased investment, supporting jobs across UK new opportunities in the industries of the future
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