“Uruguay was accepted by Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam to join the CPTPP,” the Ministry stated on its website.

The efforts to join this group were initiated by the previous government of President Luis Lacalle Pou and continued by the administration headed by President Yamandu Orsi.

Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin wrote, “The results are clear: work that transcends governments, in favor of Uruguay’s interests.

We are opening opportunities.”

Lubetkin added that the CPTPP represented between 2022 and 2024, on average, nine percent of Uruguay’s total merchandise exports.

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