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Trade envoys
Trade envoys are a network of PM appointed parliamentarians, drawn from across the political spectrum.
The trade envoys engage with one or more emerging markets where substantial trade and investment opportunities have been identified by UK government.
They support the drive for economic growth by building on the UK’s existing relations with these markets and maximising bilateral trade, thereby generating real and long term benefits for the UK.
The Trade Envoy programme began in 2012 and continues to go from strength to strength.
There are 31 Trade Envoys covering 61 markets.
The trade envoys are:
| Name | Responsibility |
|---|---|
| Adam Afriyie MP | Ghana, Guinea |
| Andrew Murrison MP | Morocco, Tunisia |
| Andrew Percy MP | Canada |
| Andrew Selous MP | South Africa |
| Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury | Mexico |
| Baroness Morris of Bolton | Jordan, Kuwait, Palestinian Territories |
| Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne | Iraq, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan |
| Baroness Northover | Angola, Zambia |
| Ed Vaizey MP | Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos |
| Jeremy Lefroy MP | Ethiopia |
| John Howell MP | Nigeria |
| Julian Knight MP | Mongolia |
| Lord Astor of Hever | Oman |
| Lord (Richard) Faulkner | Taiwan |
| Lord Janvrin | Turkey |
| Lord King of Bridgwater | Saudi Arabia |
| Lord Lamont | Iran |
| Lord Popat | Uganda, Rwanda |
| Lord Risby of Haverhill | Algeria |
| Mark Menzies MP | Colombia, Chile, Peru |
| Mark Prisk MP | Brazil, Nordic and Baltic region |
| Mark Pritchard MP | Georgia, Armenia |
| Paul Scully MP | Burma, Brunei, Thailand |
| Ranil Jayawardena MP | Sri Lanka |
| Rehman Chishti MP | Pakistan |
| Richard Graham MP | Indonesia, ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), Philippines, Malaysia |
| Rushanara Ali MP | Bangladesh |
| Simon Hart MP | Panama, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic |
| Sir Henry Bellingham MP | Libya |
| Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP | Egypt |
| Tim Loughton MP | Mozambique, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
The Trade Envoy Team, led by Angela Whelan, coordinates the strategic deployment of the trade envoy network.