§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has to encourage British trade development and promotion abroad. [108507]
§ Mr. CabornI want an ever-growing number of firms to benefit from British Trade International, the new unified operation, which brings together DTI and FCO responsibilities for trade development and promotion. Support for exporters is part of the Government's programme, with business, to improve Britain's competitiveness. The National Strategy for International Trade Development and Promotion, published on 29 October 1999, demonstrates the exciting direction in which the new organisation is moving.
Copies of the Strategy have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses.