The Spanish Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism is the department of the General State Administration responsible for proposing and executing the National Government's policy on industry, trade and tourism, which covers, among other aspects, industrial development and the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, the promotion and defence of industrial property, trade policy on internationalisation and foreign investment and transactions, as well as tourism policy.2 Likewise, this department is responsible for promoting cooperation actions and, in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation, international relations in these matters.
