The government is celebrating Britain’s full accession to the CPTPP trading bloc today. After Labour moaned about it for years when the Tories pursued it…
British businesses got full access to the CPTPP today after Canada became the final member to ratify accession on 3 July. The bloc’s 12 economies are now worth £12.9 trillion combined…
The government says it will deliver around £2 billion a year in the long run as over 99% of current UK goods exports to member countries become eligible for zero tariffs. Business visitors to Canada can now stay for six months, up from 90 days. Truss formally applied to join on 1 February 2021 and Badenoch concluded negotiations on 31 March 2023. The UK signed it in July 2023 and the Trade (CPTPP) Act cleared Parliament under Sunak in 2024…
Healey claims the deal means growth “felt in every postcode, not just measured on a graph.” Labour spent the entire negotiation complaining about the deal…
When the Tories announced their intention to join the CPTPP Labour attacked their decision “to rush into joining another one on the other side of the world without any meaningful public consultation at all.” Shadow International Trade Secretary Emily Thornberry got into a real tizz about it…
Nick Thomas-Symonds complained about it too. Some memories aren’t as short as they would hope…
Lee Anderson, speaking to The Sun’s Tom Scotson, reveals the wokest thing he’s ever done: “I once had a vegetarian thought, about becoming a vegetarian. That was quickly dismissed when I had a bacon sandwich…”
