UK applies to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)

The UK announced on 30 January 2021 that the UK International Trade Secretary Liz Truss would make a request to Japan’s Minister in Charge of Economic Revitalization Yasutoshi Nishimura to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) on 1 February, one year after leaving the EU. Following this, on 1 February, the UK submitted a formal request in writing to the New Zealand government, a Depositary of the CPTPP.