Argentina's Pacific-pact bid would make it a trade partner of the UK, raising a Falklands dilemma

MercoPress — Jun 29, 08:30 AM

Argentine FM Quirno's bid to join the CPTPP, a bloc the UK belongs to, revived questions over the Falklands, since a clause could extend the pact to the islands in the future. https://en.mercopress.com/data/cache/noticias/110627/100x80/pablo.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0 12px 6px 0; border: 1px solid #333;" width="100" />
Argentina's request to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) has reopened a question over its sovereignty claim to the Falklands, since the United Kingdom is a full member of that agreement.

If it goes ahead, it would be the first trade pact of this magnitude, since the 1982 war, in which Argentina would share partner status with London outside traditional multilateral frameworks such as the United Nations or the World Trade Organization.

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