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Make the most of CPTPP!
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A deep dive into the UK’s newest trade agreement, CPTPP, and the opportunities it brings for UK businesses.
What you’ll learn
- Learn about the specific trading opportunities for CPTPP, ready to use by the end of the year
- Deep dive on important provisions to consider when trading with CPTPP members
- How CPTPP complements existing Free Trade Agreements
- Find out more about DBT’s support and guidance for using CPTPP
Description
UK businesses can begin trading under CPTPP by 15 December 2024. CPTPP is one of the largest free trade areas in the world, worth almost 15% of global GDP and UK exports to CPTPP markets were worth almost £32 billion in 2023. This session will outline the key sectors and policy provisions of CPTPP and how you can make the most of the new opportunities. We’ll also explore how the agreement compliments existing Free Trade Agreements with CPTPP members, such as Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
Speakers
Rob Cook
Deputy Director for the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) team, Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
Rob Cook is Deputy Director for the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) at the UK’s Department for Business and Trade. (If needed) Rob began his career in the UK Civil Service at the Department for Work and Pensions, where he worked in a range of roles, before joining the UK Mission’s to the WTO and UN in Geneva in 2017. He worked in a range of trade-related roles at the UK Mission from 2017-21, including as the UK’s Deputy Permanent Representative (Economic) to the World Trade Organization and the United Nations agencies in Geneva.