[] a group of government officials or business people who go to another country to encourage trade贸易代表团◆A British trade mission is to visit Ethiopia next month.英国贸易代表团下月将访问埃塞俄比亚。an office of one country in another country which encourages trade between the two countries贸易代表处◆the Russian trade mission in Finland俄罗斯驻芬兰贸易代表处