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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 458 of the invasion

Toll from Russian missile attack on Dnipro rises to two; Medvedev says conflict could last decades; Blinken to visit Finland, Sweden and Norway

The Guardian - AU

Canada backs Ukraine's application to join trans-Pacific trade pact

(This May 26 story has been corrected to remove 'United States' as one of the CPTPP countries mentioned in the last sentence)

Reuters

In Taiwan, Liz Truss Called For ‘Economic NATO’ to Counter China

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West must ‘get real’ on military co-operation, Truss to say in Taiwan visit

Liz Truss will warn that there cannot be ‘meaningful deterrence without hard power’, during a high-profile visit to Taiwan next week.

The Independent UK

Australia trade minister 'pleased' with trade talks in China

Australia's Minister for Trade and Tourism Don Farrell said on Friday he was "pleased" with his talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing on removing trade barriers, but added that his visit was "just another step" in stabilising ties.

Reuters

Newcastle University academics fear Government's post-Brexit trade deal risks UK’s public health

Dr Courtney McNamara and colleagues at Newcastle University fear joining the CPTPP deal could have a worrying impact on our health.

Chronicle Live

Australia’s barley solution with China shows diplomacy does work

The agreement between Australia and China to resolve a dispute over Chinese tariffs on Australian barley without World Trade Organization (WTO) adjudication is evidence of a distinct improvement in relations.

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Predicted 0.08% boost from UK-Asia trade deal could be overestimate

Trade department used different approach to estimating economic boost which ‘generates larger estimated GDP impacts’

The Independent UK

Why Britain’s new CPTPP trade deal will not make up for Brexit

The UK recently announced that it will join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), giving British businesses access to the 11 other members of the Indo-Pacific trade bloc and bringing its combined GDP to £11 trillion.

The Conversation

CPTPP: is trade deal first sign of Brexit’s sunlit uplands?

The Government struck a deal to join an 11-member Asia-Pacific trade bloc last week, a step hailed by No. 10 as an example of Britain seizing its “post-Brexit freedoms”.

The Week

NZ's coming China headache over CPTPP trade deal

With both China and Taiwan vying to join the CPTPP, how will New Zealand politicians and officials handle the tensions of their competing bids?

Newsroom.co.nz

Pacific trade deal ‘will make mockery of UK’s climate ambitions’

CPTPP membership will result in more deforestation and endanger animal welfare, say campaigners

The Guardian - UK

Pacific trade deal is more useful to Joe Biden than it is to the UK’s economy

Hailed by Tory MPs as a Brexit benefit, CPTPP membership actually turns the UK into a willing pawn in Washington’s geopolitical game

The Guardian - UK

China cannot be allowed to join UK-Asia trade pact, Liz Truss says

The former prime minister made the warning as the UK signed up to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.

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'Significant concerns' over UK's Asia-Pacific trade deal, says Scottish Government

THE Scottish Government has said it has “serious concerns” after the UK’s Asia-Pacific trade deal was confirmed.

The National (Scotland)

Kemi Badenoch tells media to 'not keep talking' about Brexit in trade deal row

KEMI Badenoch has urged the media to “not keep talking” about Brexit amid a row over a new trade deal that won’t compensate for losing…

The Guardian - UK

‘Take back control’? With this Pacific trade deal, Brexit Britain has just signed it away

Goodbye, food standards. Hello, corporate lobbyists. Why are we doing this, asks Nick Dearden of Global Justice Now

The New Daily

Britain joins Australia and 10 other nations in Pacific trade pact

The UK has struck a deal to join an 11-country trans-Pacific trade pact that includes Japan and Australia as it looks to deepen ties in the region and

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The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak sidesteps question about whether having private swimming pool means he’s out of touch – as it happened

PM also refused to say what he would do if inquiry into Dominic Raab found justice secretary bullied officials

Al Jazeera

UK set to join trans-Pacific free trade pact

Britain has agreed to join the 11-country CPTPP, described by PM Sunak’s office as biggest trade deal since Brexit.

Evening Standard

UK agrees to join trans-Pacific trade partnership

Critics say the impact will be limited, with official estimates suggesting it will add less than 1% to UK GDP

The Independent UK

UK to join trade pact with Malaysia and Australia as Sunak claims Brexit ‘benefit’

But gains expected to be dwarfed by cost of Brexit

Bangkok Post

UK claims post-Brexit win with trans-Pacific trade pact membership

LONDON: The UK will join 11 other countries in a major Asia-Pacific trade partnership, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced Friday, in the country's biggest post-Brexit trade deal following nearly two years of talks.

The Independent UK

UK agrees to join Pacific trade pact in post-Brexit deal

The U.K. has agreed to join an Asia-Pacific trade pact that includes Japan, Mexico and Australia

The Guardian - UK

UK joins Asia-Pacific CPTPP trade bloc that includes Japan and Australia

Unions have condemned clauses in deal that will allow large firms to sue UK government behind closed doors

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