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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Phillip Inman

UK joins Asia-Pacific CPTPP trade bloc that includes Japan and Australia

Kemi Badenoch
The trade secretary, Kemi Badenoch, said the deal reflected ‘post-Brexit freedoms to reach out to new markets around the world and grow our economy’. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

Britain has joined the 11-member strong Asia-Pacific trade bloc that includes Japan and Australia after nearly two years of negotiations.

The deal, part of a push to agree worldwide trade deals after Brexit, secures access for British exporters to 500 million people in the 11-member Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

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