UK to join mega trading bloc by Christmas - CPTPP praise Brexit Britain.
THE UK could achieve its biggest post-Brexit prize by Christmas with membership of a mammoth free-trade partnership.
Ministers said today talks were intensifying over formal membership of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The £9trillion bloc has Australia, Canada, Japan and Singapore among its members as well as Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru and Vietnam.