Boris Johnson is to mark the first anniversary of Britain leaving the EU — the world’s largest trading bloc — by formally applying to join a trade group in the Pacific.
The British prime minister hopes President Joe Biden will join the group too, opening a backdoor to closer UK-US trade ties as hopes of an early trade deal between London and Washington fade.
Critics claim that a trade deal with 11 countries on the other side of the world would bring limited economic benefit to the UK and see no prospect of Mr Biden being in any rush to join the group.
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