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Britain launches negotiations with £9 trillion Pacific free trade area & UK Approach to Joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)

22 June 2021

Joining CPTPP would hitch Britain to some of the world’s biggest current and future economies, populated by half a billion people and with a joint GDP of £9 trillion in 2019
A deal would open new markets for our services industries, lower tariffs on goods like cars and whisky, and create new opportunities for UK farmers
Our exports to these countries are set to increase by £37 billion, a 65% rise, by 2030

Britain will tomorrow (Tuesday 22 June) launch negotiations with 11 countries belonging to a £9 trillion free trade area in a landmark moment for the UK as an independent trading nation.

View full article here! Please also find the policy paper - UK Approach to Joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) here.