News / Shippers' capacity concerns as optimistic UK joins Trans-Pacific trade bloc

31/03/2023

Supply chain leaders have greeted the UK’s admission to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) with muted applause.

British prime minister Rishi Sunak announced today that the country had joined the 11-party trade bloc, claiming it would boost the bloc’s total GDP to ...

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