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UK set to join trans-Pacific free trade pact

Britain has been looking to build global trade ties following its departure from the EU in 2020 [File: Peter Cziborra/Reuters]

The United Kingdom has agreed to join an 11-country trans-Pacific trade pact as it looks to deepen ties in the region and build its global trade links after leaving the European Union.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday said Britain had agreed to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), in a move his office said was the biggest trade deal since Brexit.

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