Mixed reception to UK unveiling trans-Pacific trade pact membership

London (AFP) March 31, 2023

The UK's announcement that it will soon join 11 other countries in a major Asia-Pacific trade partnership - the country's biggest post-Brexit trade deal to date - earned a mixed reception on Friday. Britain will be the first new member since the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) was created in 2018, and the first European country in the bloc.