CHINA IS WILLING AND CAPABLE OF JOINING THE CPTPP

China's Vice Minister of Commerce said so, hoping, "that all CPTPP members will support China's accession, which would result in a tripling of the consumer base of CPTPP members and a 1.5 times expansion of the pact members' total GDP."

And the UK wants a piece of the action, and to be the place that negotiates and finances deals, which is why The City of London, with the agreement of China, became the banker of the Renminbi.

See : China willing, capable of joining CPTPP, senior official says