CPTPP: UK Accession to Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
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Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership into force between Canada and United Kingdom
On 1 September 2026, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) enters into force between Canada and the United Kingdom. The Protocol extending the CPTPP to the United Kingdom establishes the CPTPP framework fo…
Canada ratified UK’s Accession Protocol to the CPTPP
On 3 July 2026, the Minister of International Trade announced that Canada had ratified the Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partner…
Implemented UK’s Accession Protocol to the CPTPP
On 15 December 2024, the UK's accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is fully implemented. The CPTPP contains provisions affecting the digital economy, including, for example, chapters on e-com…
Ratified UK’s Accession Protocol to the CPTPP
On 29 August 2024, the UK's accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) was fully ratified following Peru's ratification. The CPTPP contains numerous provisions affecting the digital economy, includ…
Signed UK’s Accession Protocol to the CPTPP
On 16 July 2023, the UK became the first economy to accede to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) after the signing of the UK’s Accession Protocol. The CPTPP contains numerous provisions affecting the di…
Announced conclusion of negotiations for UK’s incorporation to the CPTPP
On 31 March 2023, the governments of Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam and the United Kingdom (UK) announced the substantive conclusion of negotiations for the incorporation of the UK to…