Style The Honourable Inaugural holder Gerald Regan | Member of Cabinet
Privy Council Formation 8 December 1983 | |
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Appointer Governor General of Canada Term length At Her Majesty's pleasure | ||
The Minister of International Trade (French: Ministre du Commerce international) is a Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet. The minister has responsibility for the international trade portfolio and is one of the three ministers (along with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of International Development and La Francophonie) who lead the Canadian foreign ministry, Global Affairs Canada.
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The post was first established in 1983 as the Minister for International Trade. This title changed to Minister of International Trade under Prime Minister Paul Martin when he split the former Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. The current Minister of International Trade is François-Philippe Champagne.
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Minister of International Trade (Canada) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA