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Persistent Identities for Traders, AI Agent Teams & Products

UKTrade.Center

UK TRADE CENTER PROGRAMME

Identities for Discovery of AI Agents of The UK’s Major Exports

One Programme Operator · Federated Trade Gateways · Open Provider Ecosystem

UKTrade.Center gives UK traders, their AI Agent Teams and their products persistent identities for discovery and interaction in the Agentic trade economy — delivered through the AI-Endpoint-In-a -Box model

Launching Q4 2026 For Integration into the IBM Auto Deal Share (ADS) Programme

A repeatable operating architecture for institutionally stewarded, agent-enabled and standards-aligned digital trade

The UKTrade.Center Identity Triad

The Programme is built around three persistent identity classes designed to make participating UK trade organisations, their AI capabilities and their products discoverable and addressable by authorised Trade AI Agents.

Trader / Exporter

Company.Trade

Persistent commercial identity and canonical discovery endpoint for the participating trader or exporting company.

AI Agent Team

Company.Team

Persistent identity for the company’s programme-supported AI Agent Team and execution environment.

Products

(GTIN).gb.1
(GTIN).gb.direct

GTIN-derived Agentic product identities for canonical discovery and direct machine interaction.

TRADER / EXPORTER
Company.Trade
│
▼
AI AGENT TEAM
Company.Team
│
▼
PRODUCT IDENTITIES
(GTIN).gb.1
(GTIN).gb.direct
│
▼
DISCOVERY + RESOLUTION + AUTHORISED INTERACTION

1. Programme Overview

UKTrade.Center is a centrally operated UK Trade Discovery and Interaction Programme. Its defining proposition is to give participating UK traders and exporting companies persistent .Trade identities, their AI Agent Teams persistent .Team identities, and eligible products GTIN-derived .gb.1 and .gb.direct identities for discovery and authorised interaction in the Agentic trade economy.

The Programme connects these identities to canonical AI endpoints, declared capabilities, trust references and approved interaction methods so that programme-supported and authorised external Trade AI Agents can discover, resolve and interact with participating UK commercial capabilities.

AI-Endpoint-In-a -Box is the repeatable delivery mechanism: the Programme Operator supplies the identity, namespace, discovery and interoperability infrastructure; the Chamber supplies local business engagement; and approved technology and service providers are introduced under central programme governance as required.

Core Identity Tenets

  • Trader / Exporter Identity — .Trade: Every participating trader or exporting company can receive a persistent commercial identity through which it becomes discoverable and addressable by authorised Trade AI Agents.
  • AI Agent Team Identity — .Team: Each participating company can have a paired persistent identity for its AI Agent Team and programme-supported AI execution environment.
  • Product AI Identity — (GTIN).gb.1: Eligible products can receive a canonical Agentic product identity derived from their established GTIN.
  • Direct Product Interaction — (GTIN).gb.direct: Eligible products can also receive a direct-interaction identity resolving to an authorised machine endpoint for product-level Agent interaction.
  • One Central Programme Operator: The identities, operating framework, provider ecosystem and programme standards are governed and managed through one accountable Programme Operator.

Fundamental Operating Principle — One Central Programme Operator

The Programme is owned and managed by one central Programme Operator. The Programme Operator is accountable for programme governance, operating standards, brand and architecture integrity, partner onboarding, platform coordination, Registry integration, commercial model, service quality and the controlled introduction of additional providers where required.

Chambers, AI providers, IBM Business Partners, specialist service providers and other delivery organisations canparticipate within the Programme Operator’s framework. They can provide capabilities to the Programme; they do not become parallel programme authorities.

UKTrade.Center is operated by Agentic-AI.Network, which is developing the repeatable AI-Endpoint-in-a-Box model for Chambers of Commerce. The purpose is to make trusted UK commercial ecosystems increasingly addressable to authorised Trade AI Agents while preserving stable identities, human oversight and clear operational accountability.

Programme Operating Hierarchy

CENTRAL PROGRAMME OPERATOR
Owns · Governs · Manages · Orchestrates
│
▼
UKTRADE.CENTER
National Discovery & Programme Interface
│
┌─────────┼─────────┐
▼ ▼ ▼
.TRADE .TEAM TRUST /
GATEWAYS ENVIRONMENTS READINESS
│ │ │
└─────────┼─────────┘
▼
APPROVED DELIVERY PROVIDERS
Chambers · AI Providers · IBM Partners
Specialists · Data · Trade · Finance
│
▼
EXTERNAL & PROGRAMME TRADE AI AGENTS
Discover · Resolve · Qualify · Interact

Key Roles & Components

  • Central Programme Operator: Owns and manages the Programme; controls architecture, governance, provider onboarding, commercial coordination, standards, Registry integration and programme-wide operating procedures.
  • UKTrade.Center: Serves as the national programme interface, discovery federation and coordination layer.
  • Chambers of Commerce: Provide local business engagement and institutional connectivity under the Programme framework; they are not required to operate the underlying AI infrastructure.
  • .Trade Domains: Provide persistent, human-readable Trade Gateway identities and Canonical Trade Gateway Endpoints.
  • .Team Environments: Provide programme-supported AI execution environments for Agent-driven workflows.
  • Specialist Trade AI Agents: Function + Gateway identities such as Chemicals.NorthernIreland.Trade provide a structured namespace beneath each canonical Gateway for sector or capability-specific discovery and interaction.
  • AIEndpointsRegistry.com: Resolves verified domain identities to canonical AI endpoints, declared capabilities, interaction methods and referenced trust credentials.
  • Preferred / Approved AI Providers: Supply AI Agent infrastructure and services under the Programme Operator’s technical, security and service requirements.
  • IBM Business Partners: Provide an important route to market, solution delivery and managed-service capability where appropriate.
  • Specialist Providers: Are brought on board by the Programme Operator as required for trade, finance, logistics, legal, compliance, data, provenance, identity, payment or other capabilities.
  • MLETR.com and other readiness services: Provide specialist digital-trade readiness capabilities without becoming the Programme authority.

Transitioning to International Scale

UKTrade.Center is intended to validate the operating architecture, central-operator model, commercial model, technical repeatability and measurable trade outcomes. Subject to agreement, the proven methodology can then be offered for broader international adoption, including potential transition or collaboration with the International Chamber of Commerce.

2. Concept-Purity Rules

The Programme combines central programme accountability with federated identities, modular providers and interoperable Agent access.

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Rule Programme Meaning
One accountable Programme Operator One central operator owns, governs and manages the Programme and remains the principal point of accountability across the network.
Persistent identities at three levels Participating traders/exporters, their AI Agent Teams and their eligible products receive persistent programme identities designed to remain stable even when models, providers, software or workflows change.
Domain-anchored discovery Verified .Trade domains act as durable anchors for Gateway identity, discovery, declared capabilities and Agent interaction.
GTIN remains the underlying product identifier The Programme does not replace the GTIN. It binds an established GTIN to programme product identities such as (GTIN).gb.1 and (GTIN).gb.direct for Agentic discovery and interaction.
Separated execution The .Trade identity/discovery layer and .Team AI execution environment remain connected but distinct.
Provider modularity The Programme Operator can appoint, replace or add AI and specialist providers without transferring ownership of the Programme or Gateway identities.
Programme-supported and external Agents Programme AI environments are centrally coordinated, while authorised external Trade AI Agents may also discover and interact with exposed Gateway or business endpoints.
Open service ecosystem under central governance Specialist providers can supply services and capabilities, but participate under the Programme Operator’s approval, technical and commercial framework.
Standards alignment The Programme operationalises relevant digital-trade standards and readiness frameworks without replacing authoritative standards bodies or identifier systems.
Interoperability, not replacement Existing directories, marketplaces, enterprise systems, logistics, financial systems and Agent platforms can remain connected and active.
Human oversight Verification, accreditation, sensitive decisions, transaction approval and escalation remain capable of human review.

3. Programme Hierarchy & Core Architecture

The architecture places one central Programme Operator above a federation of stable Trade Gateway identities and modular delivery services.

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Level Role
Central Programme Operator Owns and manages programme governance, architecture, brand, commercial model, partner framework, technical requirements, service quality and provider appointment.
Global Resolution Infrastructure AIEndpointsRegistry.com — Resolves verified identities and domains to canonical endpoints, declared capabilities, interaction methods and referenced trust information.
National Programme UKTrade.Center — UK discovery federation, programme interface, pilot operations, evidence collection and national coordination.
Regional / Sector Gateway (Region).Trade — Persistent Trade Gateway identity and canonical discovery endpoint for its commercial ecosystem.
AI Execution (Region).Team and other approved environments — Programme-supported Agent execution, orchestration and workflow services.
Approved Providers Chambers, AI providers, IBM Business Partners and specialist providers appointed or accepted by the Programme Operator as required.

Architectural Data Flow

CENTRAL PROGRAMME OPERATOR
│
├── owns governance / architecture / programme model
├── appoints providers and delivery partners
└── controls programme standards and integration
│
▼
AIENDPOINTSREGISTRY.COM ↔ UKTRADE.CENTER
│
▼
(REGION).TRADE — VERIFIED TRADE GATEWAY IDENTITY
│
├── identity
├── discovery
├── declared capabilities
└── authorised interaction methods
│
├───────────────┐
▼ ▼
(REGION).TEAM EXTERNAL TRADE AI AGENTS
Programme AI Authorised direct discovery /
Execution interaction where supported
│ │
└───────┬───────┘
▼
BUSINESSES / PRODUCTS / SERVICES / TRADE CAPABILITIES
│
▼
TRUST + MLETR + LOGISTICS + FINANCE + OTHER APPROVED SERVICES
│
▼
AUTHORISED TRADE INTERACTION + OUTCOMES

4. Local Business Engagement & Dual-Stack Infrastructure

Local Chamber Role

The intention is that each Trade Gateway can be associated with the relevant Chamber of Commerce or other approved local institution providing business engagement under the central Programme framework. The Chamber is not required to build AI models, own the Programme or operate the underlying software.

The .Trade / .Team Dual Stack

The same dual-stack principle can operate at both Gateway and participating company level: Region.Trade ↔ Region.Team and Company.Trade ↔ Company.Team.

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Stack Component Primary Function & Responsibilities
.Trade Domain
Trusted Commercial Identity		 Persistent commercial or Gateway identity and canonical discovery endpoint. At company level, Company.Trade represents the participating trader/exporter; at Gateway level, Region.Trade represents the regional trade ecosystem.
.Team Domain
AI Execution Environment		 Persistent identity for the corresponding AI Agent Team and programme-supported execution environment. At company level, Company.Team represents the trader/exporter’s AI Agent Team; at Gateway level, Region.Team supports the wider ecosystem. External authorised Agents are not required to use the .Team environment where direct endpoint interaction is supported.

5. Central Operator, AI Providers & Client AI Identities

The Programme Operator remains the enduring programme owner. It may appoint a principal or preferred AI Provider for consistency of security, orchestration, Agent lifecycle management, observability and service levels, while retaining the right to introduce additional providers when technically, commercially or operationally appropriate.

Provider Principle

The operator is permanent to the Programme model; providers are modular. Provider appointment does not transfer programme ownership, Gateway identity ownership or Registry authority.

.Trade and .Team are programme identity semantics, not blockchain definitions. Cryptographic keys, DIDs, signatures or blockchain records can be bound to either identity where useful without making the domain suffix itself dependent on a specific chain or technology provider.

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Identity / Role Class Illustrative Purpose
Programme Operator Identity Persistent identity of the central organisation accountable for operating and governing UKTrade.Center.
Gateway Identity NorthernIreland.Trade — Persistent institutional Trade Gateway identity.
Trader / Exporter Identity Company.Trade — Persistent commercial identity for a participating trader or exporting company, linked to authoritative external identifiers where appropriate.
AI Agent Team Identity Company.Team — Persistent identity for the participating company’s AI Agent Team and programme-supported execution environment.
Gateway AI Environment NorthernIreland.Team — Programme-supported regional AI execution environment supporting the Gateway ecosystem.
Client / External AI Agent Identity Persistent identity for an authorised AI Agent capable of programme or direct endpoint interaction.
Capability Record Structured declaration of a trade, professional, product or digital capability.
Approved Provider Identity Provider identity and referenced approval/accreditation status governed by the Programme Operator and relevant external authorities.
Product AI Identity (GTIN).gb.1 — Canonical Agentic product identity derived from the product’s established GTIN.
Direct Product Interaction Identity (GTIN).gb.direct — Product-level direct interaction identity resolving to an authorised machine endpoint where supported.

6. Trust States & MLETR Digital Trade Readiness

Five Trust States

The programme explicitly distinguishes five distinct levels of verification:

1. CLAIMED
2. EVIDENCED
3. VERIFIED
4. ACCREDITED
5. TRANSACTION-PROVEN

MLETR Readiness & Digital Trade Passport

MLETR.com provides an AI-assisted Readiness Agent to evaluate readiness for electronic transferable records. Participating businesses maintain an evidence-supported Digital Trade / MLETR Readiness Passport containing:

  • Business digital-trade and MLETR readiness assessments
  • Electronic document capability mapping and digital identity readiness
  • Counterparty, bank, logistics, and platform integration status
  • Evidence and provenance capture with recommended action gaps

Gateway-to-Gateway (G2G) Paradigm

The internet made businesses searchable. Trade Gateways aim to make trusted commercial ecosystems addressable. The Programme supports three complementary interaction patterns: Gateway ↔ Gateway, Agent ↔ Gateway, and Agent ↔ Endpoint. This allows authorised Trade AI Agents to discover relevant UK capabilities without relying on repeated open-web searches.

7. IBM Partner & Auto Deal Share (ADS) Alignment

IBM Business Partners can provide an important route to market and delivery ecosystem for the Programme. Participation in IBM Auto Deal Share (ADS) or other IBM ecosystem motions operates under the UKTrade.Center Programme framework; the central Programme Operator retains ownership, governance and programme coordination.

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Participant Proposed Role
Local Chamber of Commerce Local Business engagement.
Central Programme Operator Programme owner and principal accountable party: governance, commercial model, AI-Endpoint-In-a -Box methodology, Registry integration, partner/provider appointment, orchestration standards and service assurance.
Preferred / Approved AI Provider(s) AI Agent environments, orchestration and client-agent integration delivered under the Programme Operator’s requirements. Additional providers may be introduced as necessary.
IBM Business Partner Client promotion, qualification, solution design, IBM product delivery, and managed services.
IBM Ecosystem / ADS Opportunity-sharing, partner engagement, and deal-routing context.
Specialist Providers Trade, finance, logistics, compliance, legal, data and specialist capabilities onboarded or approved by the Programme Operator as required.

IBM Technology Stack Integration

Where appropriate, eligible IBM Partners incorporate key IBM portfolio capabilities into the Gateway solution stack:

AI Agent & AI Platforms
Data & AI Governance
Automation & Workflows
Hybrid-Cloud Infrastructure
Enterprise Security
Consulting & Managed Services

8. Persistent AI Identities for British Products

UKTrade.Center extends the Programme’s identity architecture from traders and AI Agent Teams to eligible British products. The established GTIN remains the underlying product identifier; the Programme binds that GTIN to persistent Agentic identities for discovery and authorised interaction.

GTINToken™ Programme

The GTINToken™ trademark is owned by the Programme. GTINToken™ operates as the Programme framework for connecting eligible GTIN-identified products to canonical Agentic product identities, machine-readable capabilities and authorised interaction endpoints.

The Two Product Identity Layers for Each Product

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Identity Programme Function
(GTIN).gb.1 Canonical Agentic product identity used for discovery, resolution, product information, provenance references, declared capabilities and association with the relevant trader/exporter.
(GTIN).gb.direct Direct product interaction identity resolving to an authorised machine endpoint through which a Trade AI Agent can interact with product-level capabilities where enabled.

From GTIN to Agentic Trade Identity

GTIN
Established Product Identifier
│
▼
GTINTOKEN™ PROGRAMME BINDING
│
├──────────────┐
▼ ▼
(GTIN).gb.1 (GTIN).gb.direct
Canonical Direct Interaction
Product Identity Identity
│ │
└──────┬───────┘
▼
PRODUCT CAPABILITIES / DATA /
PROVENANCE / TRADE INTERACTION
│
▼
AUTHORISED TRADE AI AGENTS

Illustrative Identity Family

For a participating exporter with an eligible product:

  • Trader / Exporter: Company.Trade
  • AI Agent Team: Company.Team
  • Established Product Identifier: 05012345678903
  • Canonical Product AI Identity: 05012345678903.gb.1
  • Direct Product Interaction Identity: 05012345678903.gb.direct

9. AI-Endpoint-In-a -Box Operating Model

AI-Endpoint-In-a -Box is the repeatable operating model through which the main Programme Operator can deploy and manage a local or sector Trade Gateway for a participating Chamber of Commerce or approved trade institution. The Chamber concentrates on business engagement while the Programme Operator provides the common identity, namespace, Registry, discovery, Agent-interaction and provider-management infrastructure.

Core Operating Principle

The Programme Operator provides both identity infrastructure and national discovery infrastructure. Chambers do not need to become AI-platform operators, blockchain operators, Registry operators or protocol operators. They provide trusted local engagement; the Programme Operator operates the common programme machinery and introduces approved providers where additional capabilities are required.

End-to-End Operating Chain

MAIN PROGRAMME OPERATOR
Owns · Governs · Issues · Resolves · Operates
│
▼
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Local Business Engagement
│
▼
CANONICAL TRADE GATEWAY
NorthernIreland.Trade
│
▼
SPECIALIST TRADE AI AGENTS
Chemicals.NorthernIreland.Trade
Metals.NorthernIreland.Trade
Machinery.NorthernIreland.Trade
Coffee.NorthernIreland.Trade
│
▼
MEMBER IDENTITIES
Company.NorthernIreland.Trade
Company.NorthernIreland.Team
│
▼
PRODUCT IDENTITIES
(GTIN).gb.1
(GTIN).gb.direct
│
▼
UKTRADE.CENTER
National Discovery + Resolution + Routing
│
▼
CROSS-GATEWAY / EXTERNAL AGENT INTERACTION
Gateway ↔ Gateway
Agent ↔ Gateway
Agent ↔ Specialist Agent
Agent ↔ Member
Agent ↔ Product Endpoint

A. Identity Provisioning for Chamber Members & Their AI Agents

The main Programme Operator provides a central Identity Provisioning Service for participating Chambers and their members. The Chamber supports enrolment and local relationship management; the Programme Operator applies programme rules, provisions the required identities, maintains lifecycle status and publishes the authoritative machine-readable records.

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Identity Layer Illustrative Identity Purpose Primary Programme Responsibility
Gateway Identity NorthernIreland.Trade Canonical commercial identity and discovery endpoint for the participating regional Gateway. Issued, governed and maintained under the Programme Operator’s namespace and operating rules.
Gateway AI Team NorthernIreland.Team Persistent identity for the Gateway’s programme-supported AI Agent Team / execution environment. Provisioned and managed within the common programme architecture.
Specialist Trade Agent Chemicals.NorthernIreland.Trade Function + Gateway identity for a specialist trade discovery or interaction Agent. Namespace, capability schema, lifecycle and canonical endpoint governed by the Programme Operator.
Specialist Agent Team Chemicals.NorthernIreland.Team Persistent paired identity for the specialist Agent Team / execution environment. Bound to the corresponding specialist .Trade identity and approved execution environment.
Member Trader / Exporter Company.NorthernIreland.Trade Persistent commercial identity for a participating Chamber member or exporter. Provisioned centrally following Chamber-supported member enrolment and programme validation.
Member AI Agent Team Company.NorthernIreland.Team Persistent identity for the member company’s AI Agent Team. Provisioned by the Programme Operator and linked to the member’s canonical .Trade identity.
Product AI Identity (GTIN).gb.1 Canonical Agentic product identity derived from the established GTIN. Bound through the Programme’s GTINToken™ framework to the participating trader/exporter and canonical product endpoint.
Direct Product Interaction (GTIN).gb.direct Direct product-level interaction identity for authorised machine access where supported. Resolves under Programme governance to the approved product interaction method / endpoint.

Illustrative Member Provisioning Flow

1. Chamber enrols / sponsors participating member
2. Programme Operator validates programme requirements
3. Member receives Company.Region.Trade identity
4. Member AI Agent Team receives Company.Region.Team identity
5. Specialist capabilities are declared in machine-readable records
6. Eligible GTIN products receive .gb.1 / .gb.direct bindings
7. Canonical endpoints are registered / resolved
8. UKTrade.Center indexes permitted discovery data
9. Authorised Trade AI Agents can discover and interact

Identity Record — Minimum Programme Data

Each programme identity should resolve to a structured canonical record capable of including:

Canonical Identity
Parent Gateway
Legal / Business Identifiers
Programme Status
Declared Capabilities
Authoritative Endpoint
Interaction Protocols
AI Agent Team Identity
Products
Trust References
Public Keys / Proofs
Last Updated

Identity Is Persistent; Capability Is Updateable

A participant should not require a new identity every time its AI capability changes. The identity remains persistent while machine-readable capability records can evolve from simple discovery to RFQ, quotation, supplier verification, document exchange, logistics, trade finance or other approved services.

B. UKTrade.Center as the National Discovery & Interaction Platform

UKTrade.Center provides the common discovery layer across participating Trade Gateways. It allows programme-supported and authorised external Trade AI Agents to search capabilities, resolve identities, locate canonical endpoints and route interactions to the relevant Gateway, specialist Agent, member company or product endpoint.

Discovery Example

An authorised external procurement Agent might request: Find Northern Ireland suppliers of industrial adhesives capable of exporting to Germany and accepting an RFQ.

BUYER / PROCUREMENT AI AGENT
│
▼
UKTrade.Center
capability discovery
│
▼
NorthernIreland.Trade
│
▼
Adhesives.NorthernIreland.Trade
│
▼
QUALIFIED MEMBER .Trade IDENTITIES
│
▼
MEMBER AI TEAM / CANONICAL ENDPOINT
│
▼
RFQ · QUOTE · DOCUMENTS · INTERACTION

Machine Discovery Services Provided by the Programme Operator

discover_gateways()
discover_capabilities()
discover_specialist_agents()
resolve_gateway()
resolve_member()
resolve_product()
get_capability_manifest()
get_interaction_methods()
get_trust_references()
route_authorised_interaction()

These functions can be exposed through REST/API, MCP, A2A-compatible metadata and other approved interfaces. The Programme Operator controls the common schemas, authentication requirements, versioning, permissions and interoperability rules.

Cross-Gateway Interaction

Every participating Gateway should be able to discover and interact with equivalent identities and capabilities elsewhere in the UKTrade.Center federation. The same framework should also permit authorised external Trade AI Agents to interact directly with exposed Gateway, specialist, member and product endpoints.

Gateway ↔ Gateway
Regional ecosystems discover and route opportunities to one another.
Specialist Agent ↔ Specialist Agent
Equivalent functional Agents discover and exchange structured trade requirements.
External Agent ↔ Gateway
Enterprise or procurement Agents query a participating UK commercial ecosystem.
External Agent ↔ Member
Authorised Agents resolve and interact with a participating trader/exporter.
External Agent ↔ Product
Product-level discovery and approved direct interaction through GTIN-derived identities.
Human ↔ Agent Escalation
Commercially sensitive or regulated actions can escalate to authorised people.

Programme Operator vs Chamber vs Providers

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Participant Core Role Does Not Need to Own / Operate
Main Programme Operator Programme ownership, identity issuance, namespace governance, Registry integration, UKTrade.Center discovery, protocol governance, provider appointment, service assurance and commercial coordination. May source specialist technologies and services from approved providers without transferring programme ownership.
Chamber of Commerce Local business engagement, member enrolment support, commercial ecosystem knowledge, institutional stewardship and human escalation. AI platform, Registry, blockchain, Agent orchestration stack or national discovery infrastructure.
AI Provider(s) Models, Agent environments, orchestration, observability, workflow technology and approved AI services. Programme identity ownership, Gateway namespace control or overall programme governance.
Specialist Providers Trade, finance, logistics, compliance, legal, data, provenance, verification, payments or other approved services. The national discovery fabric or the programme’s canonical identity framework.

AI-Endpoint-In-a -Box Proposition

The Chamber brings the business community. The Programme Operator provides the identities, Agent architecture, discovery fabric and interoperability framework. Approved providers add specialist capabilities as required.

10. UK Regional Trade Gateways Network

The UK Trade Gateways federation encompasses regional AI Trade Gateways and their paired .Team environments

Each AI Trade Gateway has been verified as a Canonical AI Endpoint. Please see the verification hashes HERE

🇬🇧 United Kingdom Federation

Scotland.Trade
Scottish.Team, Ayrshire.Team,Dundee.Team, Fife.Team, Inverness.Team, Renfrewshire.Team
NorthernIreland.Trade
NorthernIreland.Team
Bedfordshire.Trade
Bedfordshire.Team
Berkshire.Trade
Berkshire.Team
Birmingham.Trade
Birmingham.Team
Bristol.Trade
Bristol.Team
Buckinghamshire.Trade
Buckinghamshire.Team
Cambridgeshire.Trade
Cambridgeshire.Team
Cornwall.Trade
Cornwall.Team
Derbyshire.Trade
Derbyshire.Team
Devon.Trade
Devon.Team
Dorset.Trade
Dorset.Team
EastMidlands.Trade
EastMidlands.Team
EastSussex.Trade
EastSussex.Team
Essex.Team
Glasgow.Trade
Gloucestershire.Trade
Gloucestershire.Team
GreaterLondon.Team
Hertfordshire.Trade
Hertfordshire.Team
Hull.Trade
Hull.Team
Lancashire.Trade
Lancashire.Team
Leicestershire.Trade
Leicestershire.Team
Lincolnshire.Trade
Lincolnshire.Team
Liverpool.Trade
Liverpool.Team
Merseyside.Trade
Merseyside.Team
Manchester.Trade
GreaterManchester.Team
Northamptonshire.Trade
Northamptonshire.Team
Northumberland.Trade
Northumberland.Team
Oxfordshire.Trade
Oxfordshire.Team
Sheffield.Trade
Shropshire.Trade
Shropshire.Team
Somerset.Team
Staffordshire.Trade
Staffordshire.Team
Suffolk.Team
Surrey.Team
Tilbury.Team
Trade.Wales.Center
Wales.Team
Warwickshire.Trade
Warwickshire.Team
WestMidlands.Trade
WestMidlands.Team
WestSussex.Trade
WestSussex.Team
WestYorkshire.Trade
WestYorkshire.Team
Wiltshire.Trade
Wiltshire.Team
Worcestershire.Trade
Worcestershire.Team
Yorkshire.Team

11. Discovery & Interaction by Trade AI Agents

UKTrade.Center should be usable by both programme-supported AI Agents and authorised external Trade AI Agents. Those Agents should be able to discover and resolve participating traders through .Trade, identify their AI Agent Teams through .Team, and discover eligible products through (GTIN).gb.1 and (GTIN).gb.direct. External parties do not need to transfer ownership of their Agents or adopt the Programme’s execution environment in order to consume approved discovery services.

Proposed Machine Interfaces

discover_capabilities()
resolve_gateway()
resolve_business()
resolve_product()
get_endpoint_capabilities()
get_interaction_methods()
get_trust_references()

These functions can be exposed through REST/API, MCP, A2A-compatible metadata or other approved machine interfaces governed by the Programme Operator.

Commercial Proposition to AI Platform Owners

Give your Trade AI Agents a UK discovery layer. Connect once to UKTrade.Center to discover participating UK Gateway identities, business and product capabilities, trust references and authorised interaction endpoints.

The external Agent remains under its owner’s control. UKTrade.Center supplies the centrally governed discovery and interaction infrastructure.

EXTERNAL TRADE AI AGENT
│
▼
UKTRADE.CENTER
│
discovery / resolution
│
▼
(REGION).TRADE
│
▼
BUSINESS / PRODUCT / SERVICE
CANONICAL AI ENDPOINT
│
▼
AUTHORISED INTERACTION

Programme Proposition

UKTrade.Center gives UK traders, their AI Agent Teams and their products persistent identities for discovery and interaction in the Agentic trade economy.

TRADER / EXPORTER → .Trade
AI AGENT TEAM → .Team
PRODUCT → (GTIN).gb.1 / (GTIN).gb.direct
REGISTRY → Resolve
UKTRADE.CENTER → Discover & Connect
TRADE AI AGENTS → Interact

12. Stages Transition

1

Stage 1 — UKTrade.Center

Demonstrate the architecture across a concentrated UK Chamber environment.

2

Stage 2 — Agentic Silk Road Programme

Connect to international jurisdictions and Chambers within the Agentic Silk Road Programme.

3

Stage 3 — ICC Transition

Subject to agreement, prepare the proven architecture, governance, and deployment methodology for global scale.