Britain will make a formal request to join the 11-member Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade bloc, its trade ministry said Saturday.International Trade Secretary Liz Truss will speak with her counterparts from Japan and New Zealand on Monday morning, the department said, with formal talks expected to begin this spring.Britain would become the first new country to join the TPP since its formation in 2018, as well as the first non-Pacific nation. The regional agreement groups Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam.In a statement, B…READ FULL ARTICLE
