MP calls on Government to help improve trading links with Brazil
17th January 2012
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown calls on the Foreign Office to do more to promote trade with Brazil.
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds) (Con): Does my hon. Friend agree that our trade at £5.2 billion in 2010 offers scope for considerable increase? What more can his Department do, particularly through UK Trade & Investment, to forge better links with the Brazilians in order to increase that trade?
Mr Browne: I agree with my hon. Friend’s point. The economies of Latin America and Asia are growing fast and becoming increasingly important, which is why the British Government are determined to double trade with Brazil in the lifetime of this Parliament and why we are expanding the network of diplomatic and trade staff across Brazil, including opening a new consulate-general in the north-east of the country in November.