Liz Truss: UK is applying to join £9trn pan-Pacific free trade area Glen Owen for The Mail on Sunday © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo
Liz Truss will today deliver a huge dollop of Brexit boosterism by announcing that the UK is applying to join a £9 trillion pan-Pacific free trade area.
The International Trade Secretary hopes that Britain will become the 12th member of a bloc of nations – including Japan, Canada, Australia and New Zealand – in which 95 per cent of goods are traded between members tariff-free.
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) accounts for 13 per cent of global commerce
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