Britain Joins Indo-Pacific Trade Bloc in Major Agreement.

Britain has secured an agreement to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), becoming the first new nation to join the 12-nation trade bloc since its establishment in 2018. The deal's market access requirements and sanitary and phytosanitary standards have been met by the UK, and a resolution of a spat with Canada over agricultural market access has smoothed the way to joining up. The deal will be signed at a later time after legal verification and translation into various languages.