Tag: Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)

• Monday, June 29th 2026 - 08:30 UTC

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

  

  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.

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• Thursday, March 19th 2026 - 00:50 UTC

  UK reaffirms longstanding relation with Chile and continued partnership for the future

  

  The United Kingdom reaffirmed its intention to deepen its relationship with Chile across trade, critical minerals, energy, shipbuilding and scientific cooperation, according to a statement released by the UK Foreign Office following the inauguration of President José Antonio Kast in Santiago.

• Saturday, November 22nd 2025 - 09:57 UTC

  Orsi praises Uruguay's global trade State policy

  

  Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi celebrated his country's accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), emphasizing that the achievement was the result of sustained diplomatic effort and represents a crucial “state policy” that transcends party lines.

• Friday, November 21st 2025 - 18:28 UTC

  Uruguay joins Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)

  

  Uruguay has joined as a member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in Montevideo on Friday.

• Sunday, April 2nd 2023 - 10:09 UTC

  UK strikes deal to join major free trade bloc in Asia-Pacific, including Chile, Peru and Mexico

  

  The UK announced on 31 March the conclusion of trade talks with member countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a vast free trade area spanning the Asia-Pacific, after 21 months of negotiations. The bloc is home to over 500 million people and will have a total GDP of £11 trillion once the UK joins.

• Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 19:55 UTC

  British business sizes up global trade wins as Malaysia and Chile join Indo-Pacific bloc

  

  Malaysia and Chile have officially joined the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), meaning British businesses will get better access and lower tariffs in the Malaysian and Chilean markets when the UK joins the dynamic trade bloc.

• Friday, March 9th 2018 - 09:34 UTC

  Eleven Asia-Pacific countries signed a Trans-Pacific Partnership in Chile

  

  Eleven Asia-Pacific countries have just signed the trade pact formerly known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Although the US pulled out last year, the deal was salvaged by the remaining members, who signed it at a ceremony in the Chilean city of Santiago.