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Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Costa Rica

Asked by Bell Ribeiro-AddyLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 23 February 2026UIN 112732

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the completion of Costa Rica's accession to the CPTPP.

Answered by Chris Bryant

I attended a Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) ministerial meeting in Melbourne in November and a more recent virtual meeting, at which we discussed the progress made by Costa Rica to join the agreement. I have also spoken about this with several of my counterparts in bilateral meetings.

The UK looks forward to Costa Rica’s Accession Working Group concluding soon and continuing the expansion of CPTPP.

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