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Greg Hands

Greg Hands

Former Minister of State for Trade Policy of the United Kingdom

Aug 5, 2026

15:16
Is that a particular vulnerability for UK, for Europe? How do you feel about
15:21
it? Of course it's a concern and of course it's a vulnerability for all of us, all of the, what Mark Carney would have called the medium-sized powers in this world of large blocks.
15:32
But There are ways through this.
15:37
There are the future, in my view, as plurilateralist, neither unilateralist nor multilateralist.
15:43
I think probably the best example for the future is agreements like CPTPP, which is, if you like, a coalition of the willing, the most pro-free trade countries in the world, representing about 16% of global GDP led by Japan and the UK.
15:59
I would really want to see three things from the larger trading blocks.
16:04
First of all, I'd like to see the EU join CPTPP, which is something promoted by me and the former EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström, who Anders will certainly know well.

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37:00
Would you agree with that, Greg?

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