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Trade Promotion: Canada

Asked by Mr Peter BedfordConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 30 June 2025UIN 62437

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Government plans to appoint a Trade Envoy to Canada.

Answered by Gareth Thomas

We remain committed to strengthening our long, positive and wide-ranging trading relationship with Canada, with our trade in bilateral goods and services worth £28bn in 2024. There are no plans at present to appoint a Trade Envoy as the UK already has sophisticated diplomatic, trade and investment networks to support our engagement in Canada, as well as our recent visits by Ministers, including the Prime Minister on 15th June.

Markets where there are no Trade Envoys will continue to receive support alongside our other initiatives for exporters and investors, both of which are driving economic growth and creating opportunities at home and abroad.

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