'Independent trading nation': UK joins Pacific trading bloc, as post-Brexit fisheries reform gets underway

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Business Secretary formally signs UK up to CCTPP in Auckland | Credit: Kemi Badenoch, Twitter
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Business Secretary formally signs UK up to CCTPP in Auckland | Credit: Kemi Badenoch, Twitter

Ministers flex post-Brexit muscles as they ink trade deal with Pacific nations and embark on programme to reform fisheries management, but concerns over 'Green Brexit' delivery persist

Ministers have sought to showcase some of the benefits associated with the UK's departure from the EU, after the government this weekend officially entered into a major trade deal Asia-Pacific nations...

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