But Mr Cable, who is on a trade visit to China, refused to join the revolt.
Vince Cable, the business secretary, is on a trade visit to Moscow.
Former New South Wales Premier Barry O'Farrell met with Gautam Adani during a trade visit to India in December 2013.
This week, David Cameron's much-hyped trade visit to India is promoting the Typhoon as one of its key objectives.
But SSC has ambitions plans, and it was the only software cluster invited to join the prime minister's trade visit to China last December.
David Cameron has heralded a new deal that will open up the Chinese marketplace to UK film productions, announced during his trade visit to the country.
December 3, 2013 We'll be keeping an eye on the UK government's trade visit to China, as David Cameron tries to build closer ties with Beijing.
We have the Autumn Statement on Thursday, not Wednesday as planned – because David Cameron is on a huge trade visit to China and would not be back in time.
"Cork and Apple have stuck together through thick and thin," said Des Cahill, the city's mayor, who will meet company executives in San Francisco this week as part of an annual trade visit to drum up new investment.
Earlier on Tuesday, Labour criticised Sajid Javid, the business secretary, for planning to fly to Australia on a trade visit while the fate of the Port Talbot plant hung in the balance.
George Lillikas, the finance minister, even floated the idea of a boycott of American goods before being countermanded by his cooler-headed colleagues.Turkish-Cypriots say that this trade visit was a bigger morale boost than anything the European Union has done for them.
