Argentina's Pacific-pact bid would make it a trade partner of the UK, raising a Falklands dilemma

Monday, June 29th 2026 - 08:30 UTC

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Argentina's request to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) has reopened a question over its sovereignty claim to the Falklands, since the United Kingdom is a full member of that agreement. If it goes ahead, it would be the first trade pact of this magnitude, since the 1982 war, in which Argentina would share partner status with London outside traditional multilateral frameworks such as the United Nations or the World Trade Organization. Read full article

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Steve Potts
Buenos Aires provincial minister Carlos Bianco and former foreign minister Jorge Taiana warned that the arrangement could weaken the sovereignty claim, which the United Nations recognizes as a pending dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom - a sovereignty claim without a case can only be described as w o r t h le s s . Good for fools and indoctrinated minds.
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