U.K. Closing In on Post-Brexit Trade Deal with New Zealand

The U.K. and New Zealand are close to finalizing a trade accord that would go beyond the rollover agreement struck when Britain left the European Union.

That’s according to U.K. International Trade Secretary Liz Truss, who told the Daily Express the two sides were “closing in on a deal which would be one of the most advanced struck by any nation.”

Government sources told the newspaper the agreement with New Zeland would be the next signed in the Global Britain project.

Still, the proposed agreement is expected to provide “close to zero” uplift compared with not having a pact, ...