"Membership of the bloc has the potential to deliver new opportunities for UK business across different sectors," he said. Karan Bilimoria, president of the UK's largest business lobby group the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), said the move marked a "new chapter for our independent trade policy". Truss said the deal will mean lower tariffs for car manufacturers and whisky producers, as well as "delivering quality jobs and greater prosperity for people here at home". She has touted joining as Britain made agreements with members such as Japan and Canada in the wake of Brexit, with British media reporting that CPTPP nations accounted for around eight percent of UK exports in 2019. Truss said joining the CPTPP would offer "enormous opportunities". "At present, Liz Truss cannot even guarantee whether we would have the right to veto China's proposed accession if we join the bloc first," she said.ĬPTPP member countries like Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Singapore are likely to be the UK's new allies in trade policy terms, navigating the big 3 of US, EU, China, so in that sense pooling sovereignty in this different 'club' makes sense.- David Henig January 30, 2021
Negotiations between the UK and the partnership - which represents 11 Pacific Rim nations including Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, Mexico and Vietnam - are expected to start this year, the trade department said.īut opposition Labour party shadow international trade secretary Emily Thornberry questioned the lack of transparency surrounding the pact.Īfter five years of debate over Brexit trade agreements, she said people would question the British government's decision "to rush into joining another one on the other side of the world without any meaningful public consultation at all."
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"Applying to be the first new country to join the CPTPP demonstrates our ambition to do business on the best terms with our friends and partners all over the world and be an enthusiastic champion of global free trade," he said. The CPTPP application will come one year after Britain left the European Union following more than forty years of membership - and after five years of complex trade discussions.īritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the potential new partnership would "bring enormous economic benefits for the people of Britain". International Trade Secretary Liz Truss will formally request Monday for Britain to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a market representing half a billion people and roughly 13.5 percent of the global economy.
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