Kemi Badenoch has signed off UK membership to a major Indo-Pacific trade bloc.

The business and trade secretary signed the accession protocol to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in New Zealand on Sunday.

It represents Britain's biggest trade deal since Brexit, cutting tariffs for UK exporters to a group of nations which - with UK accession - will have a combined gross domestic product (GDP) of £12trn, accounting for 15% of global GDP, according to officials.

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