LONDON: Britain will apply to join a massive 11-nation free-trade bloc of Asia-Pacific countries, it announced weeks after leaving the European single market with its departure from the EU.
International Trade Secretary Liz Truss will formally request Monday for Britain to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), a market representing half a billion people and roughly 13.5 percent of the global economy.
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