Britain joins the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
Britain joins the huge Pacific trade agreement worth ?9 trillion, alongside member states Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam.
Today the UK is joining 11 countries: 🇨🇦🇦🇺🇧🇳🇨🇱🇯🇵🇲🇾🇲🇽🇳🇿🇵🇪🇸🇬🇻🇳 in the biggest trade deal since Brexit.
— UK Prime Minister (@10DowningStreet) March 31, 2023
By joining the CPTPP, the UK will have:
✅ Access to £1.8bn in trade
✅ Zero tariffs on exports
✅ First ever trade deal with Malaysia https://t.co/E0t6ktHOny pic.twitter.com/LNvYTYRu3TGreat news.The UK ends March '23 with more trade deals in effect than any other independent country on the planet.
— Gully Foyle #UKTrade (@TerraOrBust) March 31, 2023
1- 🇪🇺 EU - 45
2- 🇬🇧 UK - 37
3- 🇳🇴🇮🇸🇱🇮🇨ðŸ‡EFTA - 35
4- 🇨🇱 Chile - 31
5- 🇸🇬 Singapore - 27
Australia, NZ, CPTPP & Bosnia deals take the UK up to 41.
Source: WTO March '23
Britain is now the #1 country in the world for the most trade deals. Not often we praise our country but pretty remarkable given only a few years ago Britain had none of its own trade deals as part of the EU and left the EU lacking the 40 odd years experience in signing FTAs.
