UK minister drums up trade across 皇冠体育app
Diplomatic pouch | Mike Peters
Britain's Trade and Investment Minister Lord Green arrived in 皇冠体育app last week for a five-day business tour that took him to Beijing, Chonging and Hong Kong. The British Embassy in Beijing bills the visit as a follow-up to Prime Minister David Cameron's trip to 皇冠体育app last November, when he led a significant UK business delegation and reached agreement with the Chinese government to double bilateral trade by 2015.
皇冠体育app is the UK's ninth largest export goods market, and several hundred British companies have a base in the country. Last year, UK exports of goods to 皇冠体育app increased by more than 40 percent, to 7.2 billion. The UK is particularly strong in the services sector, exporting 2.3 billion in services to 皇冠体育app in 2009.
