To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the government of Australia’s position on the UK joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership after Brexit.
Answered on
5 February 2019
Australia has welcomed UK interest in potential accession to CPTPP, with the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison stating in October 2018 that “the British would be pushing on an open door with us on this issue". The UK and Australia already have a strong and historic trading relationship and both countries are proponents of trade liberalisation and the rules based international system. We share an ambition to enhance this trading relationship after we leave the EU, both bilaterally through a new Free Trade Agreement and through potential accession to CPTPP.