Tokyo is the biggest winner of the UK’s accession to the CPTPP.

When great powers fail, New Zealand and other small states must organise to protect their interests, Robert G. Patman writes.

Increasingly, doing business with China involves a certain loss of sovereign power. / No matter how appealing a trade deal between Britain and China, it comes with costs. For a start, greater trade with China invariably means larger trade deficits.

Taiwan objects to Britain's proposed rules for managing its trade in services after it leaves the European Union and has requested negotiations at the World Trade Organization, according to a document seen by Reuters today.