A Commerce minister (sometimes business minister, industry minister, trade minister or international trade minister) is a position in many

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government i ...

s that is responsible for regulating external trade and promoting

economic growth Economic growth can be defined as the increase or improvement in the inflation-adjusted market value of the goods and services produced by an economy in a financial year. Statisticians conventionally measure such growth as the percent rate o ...

(

commercial policy A commercial policy (also referred to as a trade policy or international trade policy) is a government's policy governing international trade. Commercial policy is an all encompassing term that is used to cover topics which involve international ...

). In many countries, this role is separate from a

finance minister A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", ...

, who has more budgetary responsibilities. Notable examples are: * : Minister of Commerce and Industries (Afghanistan) * : Minister for Trade * : Bangladesh Commerce Minister * :

Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (Brazil) The Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade ( pt, Ministério do Desenvolvimento, Indústria, e Comércio Exterior, abbreviated MDIC) was a cabinet Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to: Furniture * Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece o ...

* : Ministry of Finance and Economy * :

Ministry of Commerce (Cambodia) The Ministry of Commerce ( km, ក្រសួងពាណិជ្ជកម្ម) is the government ministry responsible for regulating and promoting commerce and trade of Cambodia. It works both domestically and internationally, and within the c ...

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Minister of International Trade The Minister of International Trade Diversification () was a minister of the Crown position in the Cabinet of Canada, Canadian Cabinet who was responsible for the federal government's international trade portfolio. Along with the Minister of Fo ...

* : Minister of Commerce (People's Republic of China) * : Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs * : Ministry of Industry and Commerce * : Commissioner for Trade * :

Minister of Commerce (France) The Minister of Commerce was a cabinet member in the Government of France. The position sometimes included responsibility for other government departments such as Public Works, Interior, Agriculture and Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones. The po ...

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Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (german: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz, ), abbreviated BMWK (was BMWi), is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. It was previously known as ...

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Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development heads the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau of the Hong Kong Government. The Secretary is responsible for promoting commerce and the economic development of Hong Kong. The position was ...

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Minister of Commerce (Iceland) The Icelandic Ministry of Business Affairs (Icelandic: '), also translated as the Ministry of Commerce or Ministry of Trade, is a government ministry established on 24 May 2007, when it was split off from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. T ...

* : Minister of Commerce and Industry * : Minister of Trade * Iran: Minister for Commerce reestablished 2022 * :

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment ( ga, An tAire Fiontar, Trádála agus Fostaíochta) is a senior minister in the Government of Ireland and leads the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. The current Minister for Ent ...

*: Minister of Trade *:

Industry, Trade and Labour Minister of Israel The Ministry of Economy ( he, משרד הכלכלה, ''Misrad HaKalkala'') is a ministry of the Israeli government that oversees commerce, industry and labor in Israel. History The ministry was established in 1948 as the Ministry of Commerce and ...

* : Minister of Economy and Finance * :

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry The or METI, is a ministry of the Government of Japan. It was created by the 2001 Central Government Reform when the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) merged with agencies from other ministries related to economic activiti ...

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Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) is a ministry under the Government of South Korea. It is concerned with regulating some economic policy, especially with regard to the industrial and energy sectors. The ministry also works to e ...

* : Ministry of Economy * : Ministry of Economy * :

Ministry of International Trade and Industry The was a ministry of the Government of Japan from 1949 to 2001. The MITI was one of the most powerful government agencies in Japan and, at the height of its influence, effectively ran much of Japanese industrial policy, funding research and ...

* : Minister of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation * :

Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs The Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs is a minister in the government of New Zealand with the responsibilities including corporate law and governance, financial markets, competition policy, consumer policy, protecting intellectual prop ...

* : Minister of Commerce * : Ministry of Foreign Commerce and Tourism * : Department of Trade and Industry * : Minister of Economy, Commerce and Business Environment (Romania) * :

Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition The Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition is a Minister in the Cabinet of South Africa. The portfolio of Trade, Industry and Competition, formed in May 2019, has brought together the former Ministry of Trade and Industry and Ministry of ...

* : Minister for Labour, Commerce and Industries (Tonga) *: Ministry of Trade * : Ministry of Commerce of the USSR * : Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism * : Federal Department of Economic Affairs * :

Ministry of Commerce A Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry or variations is a ministry that is concerned with a nation's trade, industry and commerce. Notable examples are: List *Algeria: Ministry of Industry and ...

* :

Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy The secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The incumbent is a memb ...

and Secretary of State for International Trade **

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is #Descriptions, variously described as ...

: *** Minister for the Economy *** Minister of Commerce (Northern Ireland) * :

Secretary of Commerce The United States secretary of commerce (SecCom) is the head of the United States Department of Commerce. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters relating to commerce. The secretary rep ...

**: Executive Director of the Commerce Department * : Minister of Industry and Trade

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