Britain joins Trans-Pacific trade pact as the group gathers information on aspiring joiners

Open this photo in gallery: Kemi Badenoch, British Trade Minister, second right, shakes hands with Japan’s Minister of Economic & Fiscal Policy Shigeyuki Goto, left, as New Zealand Minister for Trade and Export Growth Damien O’Connor, and New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, right, watch during a Trans-Pacific Partnership Ministerial Meeting in Auckland, New Zealand, on July 16.Smoke Photography/The Associated Press Britain on Sunday officially joined an Asia-Pacific trade group that includes Japan and 10 other nations during a meeting in New Zealand. The trade bloc covers more than 500 million people and 15 per cent of the world's economy….