Quote Originally Posted by Phil View Post
Sadly foreign affairs, which includes responsibility for overseas diplomats and relations with foreign governments, is not a matter that has been devolved to the Scottish Government in Holyrood - a responsibility reserved by the Westminster Government along with defence and a number of other issues. What you are suggesting would be akin to the Governor of Ohio sending an ambassador to London.
Many governors of US states DO open trade offices abroad in order to promote their states. Ohio, for instance, has 13 international trade offices: Brussels, Buenos Aires, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Mexico City, Sao Paulo,
Santiago, Chile, Shanghai, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Toronto, Sydney and New Delhi.