Ukraine has requested to join CPTPP trade pact, Japan minister says

FILE PHOTO: Japan's Minister for Economic Revitalisation Shigeyuki Goto speaks during an interview with Reuters in Tokyo, Japan May 2, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Ukraine has submitted its request to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) to the trade pact's depositary country New Zealand, Japan's economy minister Shigeyuki Goto said on Friday.

The CPTPP includes Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam, with the United Kingdom becoming the 12th member state.