• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55871373

    The UK will apply to join a free trade area with 11 Asia and Pacific nations on Monday, a year after it officially left the EU.

    Joining the group of "fast-growing nations" will boost UK exports, the government says.

    The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership - or CPTPP - covers a market of around 500 million people.

    But they are harder to reach than neighbouring markets in Europe.

    Members include Australia, Canada, Japan and New Zealand.

    Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam are also founder members of the bloc, which was established in 2018.

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