Move comes as Britain drops rules requiring nations to sign up to conventions on areas such as torture and corruption.

All trade deals combined worth less than 50p per person a year, analysis of government figures shows.

Data obtained by POLITICO shows economic toll on farmers known before key post-Brexit trade talks began.

"This is now the third Asia-Pacific agreement in a row where more than 80 per cent of the projected growth in trade has gone to exporters in those other countries," she said.

Ellie Newis reviews two of the flagship free trade agreements that were supposed to reignite the UK economy.