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The UK and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)

Business guidance, treaty information and other documents to help you understand the UK’s membership of the CPTPP.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, Department for Business and Trade and Department for International Trade
Published:
31 March 2023
Last updated:
1 September 2026
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  1. Canada added to list of parties that UK traders can trade with under CPTPP.

  2. 'Deepening UK trade relationships with Indonesia, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates and Uruguay' added to the collection.

  3. Updated information on Canada’s accession to CPTPP to reflect that it will enter into force between the UK and Canada on 1 September 2026.

  4. 'CPTPP: joint ministerial statement from the 10th commission meeting, 26 June 2026' and 'CPTPP: joint ministerial statement on energy security and supply chains for essential energy products and other impacted products' added to collection.

  5. Updated to reflect that UK traders are now able to trade with Mexico and added the dates of entry into force for all Parties under CPTPP. 'UK-Mexico trade tariffs: bananas' added to collection.

  6. 'Conclusion of Costa Rica’s CPTPP Accession Working Group' was added to the collection.

  7. Page updated to reflect that the UK’s accession to CPTPP will enter into force with Mexico on 22 June 2026.

  8. 'CPTPP: EU joint ministerial statement, 27 March 2026' added to 'UK as a CPTPP member' section of the collection.

  9. 'CPTPP: joint ministerial statement in Melbourne, 21 November 2025' and 'CPTPP joint ministerial statements: trade and investment dialogues with the EU and ASEAN, 20 November 2025' added to 'UK as a CPTPP member' section of the collection.

  10. Added 'CPTPP Article 25.3: Scope of Covered Regulatory Measures' to the 'Treaty Information' section.

  11. 'National Treatment of Conformity Assessment Bodies (NTCAB) for conformity assessment bodies (CABs) and businesses' added to collection.

  12. CPTPP: joint ministerial statement in Jeju, 16 May 2025 added to collection page.

  13. Language and tenses updated to show the UK has acceded to CPTPP and is a full party.

  14. Amended page to reflect ratification of UK's membership of CPTPP.

  15. Amended page to reflect ratification of UK's membership of CPTPP.

  16. Public submissions on environment and labour FTA chapters added to the collection page.

  17. The UK's accession to CPTPP for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has been added to the collection page.

  18. 'CPTPP General Review: factual summary of responses' and 'CPTPP: Period of public engagement for the accession for Costa Rica' added to 'Public engagement' section of collection page. 'CPTPP: joint ministerial statement in Vancouver, Canada, 28 November 2024' added to the 'UK as a CPTPP member' section of collection page.

  19. Brunei added to list of countries that UK businesses can trade with under CPTPP rules from 15 December 2024. Australia also added from 24 December 2024.

  20. On 15 December 2024 the UK will accede to CPTPP. This means that UK traders will be able to trade with the following Parties under CPTPP: Japan, Singapore, Chile, New Zealand, Vietnam, Peru, Malaysia. We’ll update this page when other Parties ratify the UK’s accession.

  21. 'CPTPP: joint ministerial statement in Arequipa, 18 May 2024' added to 'UK as a CPTPP member' section of collection page.

  22. 'Reports' section added to the page containing 2 recently published reports.

  23. Guidance on how to 'Share your views on the CPTPP general review' added in the 'UK as a CPTPP member' section.

  24. 'CPTPP: joint ministerial Statement in San Francisco, 15 November 2023' and 'Terms of reference for conducting the General Review of CPTPP' added to 'UK as a CPTPP member' section of collection page.

  25. 'The strategic potential of the UK's accession to CPTPP' has been added to the collection page.

  26. New documents added to reflect the accession of the UK to the CPTPP on 16 July 2023.

  27. First published.

UK traders can trade with the following Parties under CPTPP, with their dates of entry into force:

  • Canada: 1 September 2026
  • Mexico: 22 June 2026
  • Australia: 24 December 2024
  • Japan: 15 December 2024
  • Singapore: 15 December 2024
  • Chile: 15 December 2024
  • New Zealand: 15 December 2024
  • Vietnam: 15 December 2024
  • Peru: 15 December 2024
  • Malaysia: 15 December 2024
  • Brunei: 15 December 2024

The CPTPP is a Treaty incorporating, by reference, the provisions of the original Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) signed on 4 February 2016 in Auckland, New Zealand, with certain provisions suspended. The CPTPP text, setting out the incorporations and suspensions, can be found on the website of the Depositary, New Zealand. The UK’s Protocol of Accession to the CPTPP can be found on this page.

Business guidance

Business can access resources to help maximise their utilisation of the agreement, including to:

These documents outline the top benefits to the UK from accession.

Treaty information

Read the agreement documents to understand what the agreement covers and how it might apply to your business.

Correspondence

Negotiating the trade agreement

Learn about our negotiations with the CPTPP.

Public engagement

UK as a CPTPP member

Reports

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