FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL (Trade) Brussels, 9 november 2018 PARTICIPANTS Belgium: Mr Didier REYNDERS Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, with responsibility for Beliris and Federal Cultural Institutions Bulgaria: Mr Dimiter TZANTCHEV Permanent Representative Czech Republic: Ms Alexandra RUDYŠAROVÁ Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Denmark: Mr Anders SAMUELSEN Minister for Foreign Affairs Germany: Mr Ulrich NUSSBAUM State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Estonia: Mr Rene TAMMIST Minister of Entrepreneurship and Information Technology Ireland: Mr Pat BREEN Minister of State at the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Justice and Equality with special responsibility for Trade, Employment, Business, the EU Single Digital Market and Data Protection Greece: Mr Ilias XANTHAKOS Secretary General, Ministry for Economy, Development & Tourism Spain: Ms Xiana Margarida MÉNDEZ BÉRTOLO Secretary of State for Trade France: Mr Jean-Baptiste LEMOYNE Minister of State to the Minister for Europe and for Foreign Affairs Croatia: Ms Marija PEJČINOVIĆ BURIĆ Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Italy: Mr Michele GERACI Under Secretary of State for Trade and Foreign Investment Cyprus: Mr Yiorgos LAKKOTRYPIS Minister of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism Latvia: Ms Sanita PAVĻUTA-DESLANDES Permanent Representative Lithuania: Mr Albinas ZANANAVIČIUS Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Luxembourg: Mr Jean ASSELBORN Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Minister for Immigration and Asylum Hungary: Mr Levente MAGYAR Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Malta: Mr Christian CARDONA Minister for the Economy, Investment and Small Businesses Netherlands: Ms Sigrid KAAG Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Austria: Ms Margarete SCHRAMBÖCK Federal Minister for Digital and Economic Affairs Poland: Mr Marcin OCIEPA Undersecretary of State, the Ministry of Enterprise and Technology Portugal: Ms Ana Paula ZACARIAS State Secretary for European Affairs Romania: Mr Stefan Radu OPREA Minister for Business Environment, Commerce and Entrepreneurship Slovenia: Ms Zdravko POČIVALŠEK Minister of Economic Development and Technology Slovakia: Mr Peter ŽIGA Minister for the Economy Finland: Ms Marja RISLAKKI Permanent Representative Sweden: Ms Ann LINDE Minister for EU Affairs and Trade United Kingdom: Mr George HOLLINGBERY Minister of State for Trade Policy Commission: Ms Cecilia MALMSTRÖM Member .