UK CPTPP Accession Steps Agreed

On the 2nd June 2021, the CPTPP nations, made up of 11 countries (Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam), covering 500 million people, agreed that the United Kingdom's accession process to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership can now begin. A post-Brexit UK is increasingly looking to strengthen its trade ties with Asia and joining the CPTPP is aligned with that strategy. The UK will continue to work closely with Japan, as this year’s chair of the CPTPP commission, alongside the other CPTPP nations to progress negotiations as quickly as possible. Read More.

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