UK Appoints New Trade Envoy to Japan
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that Parliament member Greg Clark is the new trade envoy to Japan "to reinforce the strong UK-Japan trading relationship," the Department for International Trade said May 4. Clark previously has served in the Treasury…
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and was secretary of state for business, innovation and skills. The U.K.'s bilateral trading relationship with Japan will tick up in importance as the U.K. waits on approval of its application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership -- an 11-member trade pact centered in Asia.