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<p>The Trade Envoy Programme supports British businesses and attracts investment into
the UK. The programme works in collaboration with other trade promotion activities
and focuses on emerging and high growth markets where additional senior interactions
can be valuable, or larger economies where multiple interactions at different levels
are effective.</p><p>We are regularly reviewing countries and markets to identify
where the appointment of a Trade Envoy can be of greatest benefit to the trade and
investment aims of the UK with the Prime Minister ultimately making that decision.
Consideration is also given to appointing multiple trade envoys where this could be
advantageous to the UK.</p><p>The Prime Minister has not appointed a Trade Envoy to
India.</p><p>The UK remains committed to strengthening its long, positive and wide-ranging
trading relationship with India which was worth £24.3 billion in 2021 by continued
ministerial engagement and dialogue including the desire to secure a Free Trade Agreement.</p><p>The
Department for International Trade (DIT) analyses suitable countries, regions, and
markets to identify where the appointment of a Trade Envoy can be of greatest benefit
to the trade and investment aims of the UK, with the Prime Minister ultimately making
the decision to appoint.</p><p>DIT following a review will make recommendations of
the future size and scope of the Trade Envoy programme, including for India, to the
next Prime Minister in due course.</p><p> </p>
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