Martin Kent
@HMTCAsiaPacific
His Majesty's Trade Commissioner for Asia Pacific.
🚀 UK-Southeast Asia Tech Week is back! If you are a UK AI or data company, register to join us for the next edition of UK-SEA Tech Week, happening in Manila 🇵🇭 and Ho Chi Minh City 🇻🇳 from 24-28 March 2025. Register 👇 bit.ly/4fMz7dg @UKinVietnam @ukinphilippines
From bringing down energy costs to slashing red tape, we're tackling head on the barriers that are stunting growth for Britain's businesses.
Our new Industrial Strategy will make Britain the best place to do business. Starting with slashing electricity bills for thousands of firms. By tackling the biggest barriers to industry, we’ll unlock billions in investment and support good skilled jobs.
🇬🇧Business and Trade Secretary @jreynoldsMP had a productive visit to Tokyo last week, accomplishing a great deal for the UK’s growth agenda. From meeting 🇯🇵 investors & 🇬🇧 exporters to the Economic 2+2, SoS was in Tokyo to deepen the UK’s £27bn trade relationship with Japan.
From @warhammer to clotted cream, follow 🇬🇧 Business and Trade Secretary @jreynoldsMP as he explores iconic UK exports around Tokyo 🇯🇵 He visited Japan to mark the first Economic 2+2, further advancing the £27bn UK-Japan trade relationship.
Introducing: the Industrial Strategy Advisory Council, formed of business leaders and policy experts from across the UK to offer government independent advice as it develops a new, modern industrial strategy 📣 Read more: gov.uk/government/new…
The UK has now acceded to the CPTPP, bringing the GDP of the trade group to £12 trillion 📈 I spoke to @MartinSoong on @CNBC to break down what this means for UK and APAC businesses. Watch to find out more 👇 cnb.cx/41Iyde9
It’s official: the UK has now acceded to CPTPP, growing the trading bloc’s combined GDP to £12 trillion 🎉 gov.uk/government/new…
/@SarahTiffinUK & I wrote about the deep ASEAN-UK partnership in @theaseanmagz. The UK Government is keen to further strengthen our relationship, which is already worth £47bn in trade. Read more from Page 29 👇 @ukmissionasean bit.ly/3PcdUON
What goes into negotiating & signing trade deals for the UK? 🖋️ Join Matthew Li for a day in his life as Trade Policy Counsellor, based in Japan👇 Apply to join DBT APAC: People based outside of the UK: bit.ly/474FTal Existing civil servants: bit.ly/3sqeeS2
Ready to transform urban infrastructure in Southeast Asia? The ASEAN Sustainable Leadership in Infrastructure Programme (ASLIP) 2025 is now open for applications. 📅 Apply by 3 Jan 2025! 🔗 aslip.net #UKASEAN #SustainabilityLeadership #UrbanPolicy
In my first UK-APAC investment newsletter, I discuss the UK Government's economic growth mission and what we are doing to ensure we remain a top investment destination 🇬🇧 🔝 Read the newsletter on LinkedIn👇 bit.ly/4hZoaXs
