UK Announces Continuing Trade Deals With Singapore, Vietnam
The United Kingdom signed a continuity trade agreement with Singapore and plans to sign another with Vietnam to continue trading with both countries once the U.K. leaves the European Union at month's end, a Dec. 10 news release said. The…
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U.K. said the deals will “deepen” its trading relationships in the Indo-Pacific and bring it a “step closer” to joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership. U.K. Trade Secretary Liz Truss called the deals “vital for the U.K.’s future as an independent trading nation” and said they “lock in billions of pounds worth of trade.”