UK gears up for its first ever World Trade Week
16 April 2009
World Trade Week, the first event of its kind in the UK, will take place this year from 8 to 12 June and will highlight the importance of global trade in creating jobs and growth in the current economic climate.
World Trade Week UK is part of a Government drive to maintain open and fair markets and resist protectionism in the face of a global downturn and falling international trade flows.
Through events in the UK and worldwide, starting with an international trade conference in London, which will be attended by business leaders and leaders in trade policy from across the world, the week will help showcase the success of the UK as a trading nation and the importance of global trade to international development.
Major supporters such as UK Trade and Investment, the British Chambers of Commerce and Visit Britain are already signed up to World Trade Week UK and organisations of all sizes are being encouraged to get involved.
Minister for Trade and Development Gareth Thomas called on business organisations and NGOs to show their support:
“A core part of the Government’s response to the current global economic
crisis has been to strive to keep global markets open and ensure that trade –
the lifeblood of the global economy – continues to flow.
“World Trade Week UK 2009 will be a vital opportunity to champion global trade, as well as highlight the ways that trade creates growth and helps lift millions out of poverty. There are many ways in which you can be part of the week and I’d encourage everyone out there to get involved.”
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Trade Week UK website
