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UK accepted into Indo-Pacific trade bloc in biggest trade deal since Brexit Sky News says The UK has been accepted into an Indo-Pacific trade bloc in what the government says is its biggest trade deal since Brexit. The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is a free trade agreement between 11 countries across the Indo-Pacific, including Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam – and now the UK. The partnership sees the countries open up their markets to one another, reducing trade barriers and tariffs, with the hope of bolstering the economies…

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UK joins Asia-Pacific CPTPP trade bloc that includes Japan and Australia The Guardian says Britain has joined the 11-member strong Asia-Pacific trade bloc that includes Japan and Australia after nearly two years of negotiations. The deal, part of a push to agree worldwide trade deals after Brexit, secures access for British exporters to 500 million people in the 11-member Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The agreement, secured after 21 months of talks, will allow exporters to “seize opportunities for new jobs, growth and innovation”, the government said. Spanning Canada, Mexico, Japan, Australia, Vietnam and Malaysia, the CPTPP…

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UK strikes agreement to join Asia-Pacific trade bloc FT says The UK on Friday unveiled an agreement to join an 11-member Asia-Pacific trade bloc, with British prime minister Rishi Sunak claiming it proved his government was seizing “post-Brexit freedoms”. Talks on Britain becoming a member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership were finally wrapped up after two years of haggling over quotas and tariffs. The UK will be the first country to join the CPTPP since the group was established in 2018, and Sunak said the trade deal will bring economic benefits and also boost his “Asia-Pacific”…

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Metro – Olivia gun killer guilty Summary of the front page The Metro leads on Thomas Cashman’s conviction for the murder of Olivia Pratt-Korbel and labels Charles the “King of Comedy” on his tour of Germany. “Olivia gun killer guilty” headlines the Metro as it reports on a jury finding a man guilty of murdering Olivia Pratt-Korbel, 9, at her home in Liverpool. Thomas Cashman, 34, shot Olivia and her mother as he chased a fellow drug dealer into their home on 22 August last year. It reports there were “gasps and tears” from Olivia’s mum Cheryl Korbel as the…

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The Guardian – Trump indicted over 2016 payment to Stormy Daniels Summary of the front page The Guardian has two front pages this morning. The later edition features the news of Donald Trump’s indictment, whilst another front page leads on a study that found a wave of rising bills and tax rises will cost families an extra £700. The paper features an investigation into the scale of Vladimir Putin’s global cyberwarfare. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous Next

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