UK Lawmakers Slam ‘Lack of Clarity’ on Major Trade Deal Benefits
- Panel calls for MP vote on Pacific trade bloc accession
- Committee flags concerns on food safety, legal challenges
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British lawmakers said the benefits of the UK’s accession to a major trans-Pacific trading bloc are unclear, in another blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s post-Brexit trade policy.
The House of Commons should be allowed to debate and vote on Britain’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, Parliament’s Business and Trade Committee said in a report on Monday. It cited concerns around food safety standards and the ability of overseas investors to sue the UK government.