Written Statement·Commons·Department for Business and Trade·HCWS786

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTTP) – Costa Rica Accession Working Group

8 July 2025

Mr Douglas Alexander

Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security

Labour (Co-op)

Statement

Today, the Department for Business and Trade is publishing a summary of and response to public engagement on Costa Rica’s CPTPP Accession Working Group.At the CPTPP Ministerial Commission meeting in November 2024 CPTPP Ministers, alongside the UK, formall...