UK accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific partnership (CPTPP) will improve market access for English and Welsh solicitors in the region covered by the agreement, the Law Society of England and Wales argued before the House of Lords on 10 March 2020.
In both written and oral evidence given to the International Agreements Sub-Committee, we highlighted the partnership’s strong potential to facilitate legal practice in countries across the region.
What this means for solicitors
The CPTPP is a trade agreement between Australia, Canada, Brunei, Peru, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore and Vietnam.
It originally evolved from the Trans-Pacific partnership, an agreement which never entered into force due to the withdrawal of the USA.
UK Joins ASEAN as Dialogue Partner, Looking at Joining CPTPP Asia-Pacific Free Trade Agreement
UK Joins ASEAN as Dialogue Partner, Looking at Joining CPTPP Asia-Pacific Free Trade Agreement January 26, 2021 Posted by ASEAN Briefing Written by Dezan Shira & Associates Reading Time: 3 minutes
By Bob Savic, Advisor to Dezan Shira & Associates
UK joins ASEAN as a Dialogue Partner
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The British House of Lords International Agreements Sub-Committee has launched a new inquiry on the potential accession of the UK to the
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, (CPTPP) The agreement between eleven countries includes four ASEAN states in Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam (the last two with whom the UK has recently signed off Free Trade Agreements), in addition to Japan, Australia, New Z