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Britain on Sunday became the first European nation to join a major Indo-Pacific trading bloc, in what has been hailed as the country鈥檚 biggest trade deal since Brexit. | AFP photo

Britain on Sunday became the first European nation to join a major Indo-Pacific trading bloc, in what has been hailed as the country鈥檚 biggest trade deal since Brexit.

The UK is officially now the 12th member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).聽