Online event
Step into Latin America with CPTPP
Thursday 20 June at 10:00AM
Looking for a new market for your business? Come and explore how the CPTPP can help you gain access to sell to Latin American markets such as Chile, Mexico and Peru.
What you’ll learn
- discover the business opportunities for UK businesses in Chile, Mexico and Peru
- learn about the important provisions to consider when trading with CPTPP members
- hear how CPTPP complements existing Free Trade Agreements
Description
With UK exports to current Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) members forecast to increase 65% by 2030, this partnership offers huge potential for UK trade with overseas markets. This is thanks to the fact that 99.9% of UK products will be eligible for tariff-free trade.
The 12 CPTPP countries have a combined population of over 500 million people – a young, highly educated, and entrepreneurial group which is creating new engines of growth and has growing demand for UK products.
The UK is the first European country to join the CPTPP, after it concluded negotiations on 31 March 2023.
In this session we’ll look at the key provisions of the CPTPP and how you can make the most of its opportunities to sell your products or services to the CPTPP’s Latin American members – Chile, Mexico, and Peru.
CPTPP creates huge opportunities for businesses in Latin America and the UK to boost their exports to some of the fastest growing markets on the globe. Joining CPTPP will bring the UK closer to this side of the world, with Chile, Mexico and Peru already importing a range of products from the UK, such as cars, beverages and pharmaceuticals.
Speakers
Alasdair MacKay
Deputy Head of Policy / LATAC Lead – Free Trade Agreement Utilisation Team, Department for Business and Trade
Alasdair joined the Department for Business and Trade in 2022 and leads the FTA Utilisation team’s work on LATAC under CPTPP (Chile, Mexico, and Peru).
Daisy Knox
Deputy Head of Policy / LATAC Lead – Free Trade Utilisation Team, Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
Daisy joined the Department in 2019 and has since focused on market access and export support, through positions overseas and in the UK. She currently co-leads the FTA Utilisation team’s work on LATAC under CPTPP (Mexico).
Elizabeth Thompson
Account Manager – Free Trade Agreement Utilisation Team, Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
Elizabeth joined the Department in 2021, to work on the implementation of the trade in services provisions of our FTAs, before joining the FTA Utilisation team in February as an account manager working closely with sector teams and OGDs.