‘Red-letter day’: UK accession to CPTPP trade pact passes into law UK Politics Legislation mandating the UK’s accession to the CPTPP Indo-Pacific trade pact has passed into law and been welcomed as a “red-letter day” for British firms.
Kemi Badenoch wants trade ‘barriers torn down’ at Abu Dhabi summit UK Politics Kemi Badenoch is promoting tariff-free trade at a global summit in Abu Dhabi in a bid to see “more barriers torn down”.
A roundup of free trade deals the UK signed in 2023 UK Trade Since the UK exited the European Union in 2020, a major focus of government policy has been negotiating new trade agreements with nations across the globe.
What is the CPTPP trade bloc, why has Britain joined it, and is it really about ‘post Brexit freedoms’? The jury’s out March 31, 2023 Britain has formally joined a major Indo-Pacific trade bloc as prime minister Rishi Sunak said it allowed the UK to take advantage of “post-Brexit freedoms”. But does it really allow the UK to become a global player once again? The jury is out. The PM hailed the UK accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement [...]