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UK signs free trade deal with Singapore as Boris in final race for EU Brexit pact

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Liz Truss said Britain has signed a free trade agreement with Singapore. The international trade secretary said the pact with the south-east Asian country will cover trade worth £17.6 billion.

Alongside a photograph of herself with Singapore's trade minister Chan Chun Sing, Ms Truss said it was the second biggest such agreement Britain has signed in the Asia-Pacific region.

It comes as UK and EU negotiators begin a final push to salvage chances of a post-Brexit trade deal after Downing Street warned the gaps between the two sides remain "very large".

Boris Johnson and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen held crunch talks over dinner in Brussels on Wednesday aimed at breaking the deadlock, yet key differences prevail.

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