UK business and trade secretary Kemi Badenoch
KUALA LUMPUR: The United Kingdom (UK) has concluded trade talks with member countries to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) after 21 months of negotiations, boosting trade with Malaysia and the wider Indo-Pacific region.
The British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur said the trade bloc is home to over 500 million people and would have a total gross domestic product (GDP) of £11 trillion once the UK joins.
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