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US Trade Representative Greer jokes Piyush Goyal is 'trade minister for life' as G20 trade talks open in Milwaukee

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer opened a two-day G20 trade ministers' meeting in Milwaukee addressing key issues. During the event, Greer emphasized the need to rethink global trade governance and identified four pressing priorities. Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal participated actively, promoting India's position on trade agreements alongside his counterparts. The…

US Trade Representative Greer jokes Piyush Goyal is 'trade minister for life' as G20 trade talks open in Milwaukee

US Trade Representative Jamie Greer quipped that Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal was destined to be trade minister for life as the two-day G20 trade ministers' meeting commenced in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The remark reflected Greer's belief that the task of creating a fairer trading system would persist despite the turnover of individual ministers.

The speech from Greer emphasized the urgency of addressing global trade imbalances and called for tangible action in four key areas: weaponization of food, excess industrial capacity, the Most-Favoured-Nation principle, and forced labor within supply chains. Goyal, the Union Commerce and Industry Minister for India, joined the high-level discussions alongside G20 trade ministers, representing India's commitment to a rules-based, open, inclusive, transparent, equitable, and non-discriminatory multilateral trading system.

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