Britain agrees to join trans-Pacific trade pact FMTNews FMTBusiness
Britain’s prime minister Rishi Sunak says the deal demonstrated the real economic benefits of ‘post-Brexit freedoms’.
“Joining the CPTPP trade bloc puts the UK at the centre of a dynamic and growing group of Pacific economies,” Sunak said in a statement, adding the deal demonstrated “the real economic benefits of our post-Brexit freedoms.” Other members of CPTPP are Brunei, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. Britain is the first new member to join the group.
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