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Britain joining CPTPP. So what the hell is it POLITICO guide to the major Indo-Pacific trade bloc as two years of UK talks come to a head. ListenAI generated Text-to-speechCo stanley cup py LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on Linked stanley cup InFree article usually reserved for subscribersJoining CPTPP has been a key aim of Global Britain since Brexit | Tracey Nearmy/EPA-EFEMarch 30, 20237:02 pm CETBy Graham LanktreeLONDON 鈥?It s not every day post-Brexit Britain gets to talk up a trade win. But it s about to join an Asia-Pacific trade bloc stretching from balmy Malaysia and Singapore to snowy Ottawa, Canada, in what s being hailed as a major moment in its life outside the EU.So what exactly is the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership CPTPP 鈥?and why did the U.K. get its foot in the door CPTPP-what CPTPP is an 11- and stanley canada soon to be 12 member bloc whose existing members are Australia, Brunei, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam and Canada. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe deal started life under the Obama administration in 2015 as the TPP. But, railing against trade during his 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, Donald Trump called the pact a rape of our country and pulled out of talks days after he took office in 2017.The tongue-twisting title was dreamt up by Canada, which wanted to underscore the progressive nature of the deal. The bloc is focused on lowering tariffs. Members mutu Qndi UK MPs publish plan to prevent no-deal Brexit
Four-year plan to tackle drug abuseThe European Commission is to launch a four-year action plan aimed at tackling drug abuse in the EU.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailSha stanley mug re on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInJanuary 19, 20055:00 pm CETBy Martin BanksOne central element of the 2005-08 plan will be an attempt to reduce the number of drug overdoses in the EU.A report published last week by the Lisbon-based EU drugs agency, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction stanley thermobecher EMCDDA , estimates that there were almost 100,000 reported deaths from drugs overdoses in the old 15 member states in 1992-2002 鈥?about two-thirds of them in the 20-40 age group.That works out at 8,000 to 9,000 avoidable deaths every year 鈥?an unacceptable high death toll, says the reports co-author Julien Vincenti.AdvertisementAdvertisement It is tragic, he said. A generation of mostly young people being lost to us every year for no good reason. To address the problem, th stanley ca e Commission will shortly launch a separate study aimed at establishing what each of the 25 member states is doing to reduce the number of drug-related deaths among their populations.The exercise will last 19 months and cost 鈧?00,000. The Commissions strategy will emphasise action aimed at: Preventing people from starting to use drugs; preventing experimental use becoming regular use; early intervention for risky consumption patterns, and;AdvertisementAdvertisement providing treatment programmes.The Commission says the aim sh |
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