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Sophie Wingate and Bill McLoughlin

UK signs off on membership to major ‘unparalleled’ £12trn Indo-Pacific trade bloc

Kemi Badenoch has signed off on the UK’s membership to a major Indo-Pacific trade bloc, bringing British businesses a step closer to being able to sell to a market of 500 million people with fewer barriers.

The Business and Trade Secretary signed the accession protocol to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in New Zealand on Sunday.

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