Trade and Investment Opportunities in the U.K.
Secretary of State for International Trade
United Kingdom
Program: 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Hon. Dr. Liam Fox
The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade's World Trade Centre is excited to welcome the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for International Trade, Dr. Liam Fox, for a discussion on trade and investment opportunities for Canadian companies across the pond.
Join us to learn about opportunities for your business and discuss how the United Kingdom and Canada can cooperate in the future and build a stronger bilateral relationship.
Following his remarks, Secretary Fox will take part in a Q&A session with attendees.
About the speaker:
Dr. Fox was appointed Secretary of State for International Trade on 13 July 2016. He was elected as the Conservative MP for North Somerset in 1992.
He attended school at St Bride's High School before studying medicine at the University of Glasgow Medical School, graduating with MB ChB degrees in 1983. Liam worked as a GP before his election to Parliament and is a former Civilian Army Medical Officer and Divisional Surgeon with St John Ambulance.
He held several ministerial roles in John Major's Conservative government. He served as Constitutional Affairs Spokesman (1998-1999), Shadow Health Secretary (1999-2003), Conservative Party chairman (2003-05), Shadow Foreign Secretary (2005) and Shadow Defence Secretary (2005-10). In 2010, he was appointed Secretary of State for Defence, a position from which he resigned on 14 October 2011.
The Department of International Trade aims to secure UK and global prosperity by promoting and financing international trade and investment, and championing free trade. The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for the business of the department.
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