Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership 2022-11-03
2022-11-03
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The MP is inquiring about progress on the UK's potential membership in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The agreement involves 11 countries across four continents, offering significant economic benefits.
What progress her Department has made on securing UK membership of the comprehensive and progressive agreement for trans-Pacific partnership?
Joining the CPTPP free trade area is a flagship policy of global Britain. The agreement covers 11 countries across four continents, increasing UK GDP from 12% to 15%. Up to 99.9% of UK goods would enter tariff-free under this agreement.
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The MP is questioning the prioritisation of concluding negotiations for UK's CPTPP membership. He mentions Captain Fawcett, a successful grooming products company based in King's Lynn that sells internationally.
Given the potential prize of access to markets worth £9 trillion, will my right hon. Friend prioritise not only concluding the negotiations, but working with export champions—such as Captain Fawcett in King's Lynn—to encourage more firms to export and to boost productivity and growth?
My hon. Friend raises two important points: the importance of concluding the CPTPP negotiations is a priority; international trade advisers are working to support firms in King's Lynn, including KLT Filtration which has received support for its water-purification brand business.
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The MP is questioning the potential gains from CPTPP membership and its ability to compensate for Brexit's economic damage. He raises concerns about bureaucracy and paperwork affecting small and medium-sized enterprises.
It is good to be straight and frank about CPTPP, but if we are to be straight and frank, to have gains for jobs, the economy and living standards, would the Government not need 62 CPTPP deals to compensate for the Brexit economic damage? It also means being straight with small and medium-sized enterprises that they will face more bureaucracy and paperwork instead of tariffs. Will he confirm that CPTPP will be worth only one sixtieth of the Brexit damage?
It is good to engage with the Chair of the Select Committee. The Department has missed him and his questioning of international trade policies.
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economic impact, bureaucracy concerns
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