The agreement with Japan is also seen as the first stepping stone over the UK’s impending membership of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
The CPTPP is a trade alliance which includes countries such as Canada, New Zealand, Japan and Australia.
Mr Holden, who was one of the new ‘Blue Wall’ MPs in the last election, claimed the UK’s already thriving in its new role as an independent nation.
Writing in Conservative Home, he said: “The Japan deal is proof that we can strike good trade deals for Britain, despite the derision of arch-Remainers.
