UK’s CPTPP membership expected to boost trade bloc's economic clout, open up new markets

Britain’s inclusion in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will boost the profile of the trade pact based around the Pacific Rim. The move to join the trade bloc comes as the UK looks to deepen ties around the world and build its global trade links after leaving the European Union in 2020. The CPTPP is “shaping the rules of the road of trade, not just today but in the future”, Ms Natalie Black, the UK Trade Commissioner for Asia Pacific, tells CNA’s Asia First.

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