Britain has returned to the world stage as herself and not just as part of the European Union. The old world order has gone. Something new is stirring in its place. This is the fundamental problem of the Restoration.
Britain will apply to join a massive 11-nation free-trade bloc of Asia-Pacific countries, it announced Saturday, weeks after leaving the European single market with its departure from the EU.
But Labour is unhappy. “But opposition Labour party’s shadow international trade secretary Emily Thornberry questioned the lack of transparency surrounding the pact.”
After five years of debate over Brexit trade agreements, she said people would question the British government’s decision “to rush into joining another one on the other side of the world without any meaningful public consultation at all”.
She said: “At present, Liz Truss cannot even guarantee whether we would have the right to veto China’s proposed accession if we join the bloc first.”