We begin here in The Uk, where the government is to start talks on membership of a Trade Club of Pacific Rim nations with economies worth 9 Trillion pounds a Trade Area that covers a market of around 500 Million people. The comprehensive and progressive agreement on tranS Pacific trade includes countries like canada, japan, australia and singapore. Currently, the group accounts for around 8 of uk exports, and The Uk already has trade links with eight of the 11 countries. But liz truss, The Uks international Trade Secretary, told our global Trade Correspondent Dharshini david that there would be significant long term benefits to joining. This is where the future of the World Economy lies, so 66 of the worlds middle classes will be in asia, they will have higher demand for the types of products that britain sells, whether it is our high quality agricultural products, computer games, financial services. When we talk about games, financial services. When we talk about the games, financial
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