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

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Argentina's bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) raises a sovereignty dilemma involving the Falklands, as the UK is also a member. This move opens complex trade and geopolitical questions given Argentina and UK's historical conflict over the islands.

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.