UK to Join Indo-Pacific Trade Bloc in Biggest Trade Deal Since Brexit

UK to Join Indo-Pacific Trade Bloc in Biggest Trade Deal Since Brexit
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a visit to the UK Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Science Centre, in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, on March 30, 2023. Jacob King - WPA Pool/Getty Images
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Britain will join a vast free trade area of 11 countries spanning the Indo-Pacific region, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced.

The UK accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) was formally confirmed in a call between Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch and her counterparts from the group in the early hours of Friday.