The British Labor Party criticized the government for saying that it should pay more attention to the "key future trade arrangements" at home, especially the trade arrangements between Britain and the European Union. Barry Gardiner, a government official, said: "Of course, (joining the TPP) will help Britain, but this is not the main task now."
Tim Fallon, former leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, said: "This smacks of despair. These people want us to leave the market at our doorstep and join a smaller market on the other side of the globe. This is all fantasy. "
For a long time, TPP and RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement) have been regarded as a game between China and the United States.
In Britain, since Prime Minister theresa may took office, Sino-British relations have turned cold, and people from all walks of life once worried that the "golden age" of Sino-British relations praised by the last Cameron government in Britain has faded.