Rt. Hon. Conor Burns MP, UK Minister of State for International Trade, visited Texas the first week of February, making him the first UK minister to visit the United States post-Brexit. He talked about the importance of the UK-US trade relationship and his aim to further deepen bilateral trade between Texas and the United Kingdom. The Minister is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bournemouth West in the 2010 general election.